Table 2.
A summary of mobile apps for evaluating visual acuity.
| Types | Sensitivity | Specificity | Positive LRa | Negative LR | Diagnostic ORb | AUCc | |||||||
| Examiners | |||||||||||||
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Professional | 0.72 (0.66-0.79) | 0.80 (0.71-0.85) | 3.81 (2.87-5.06) | 0.30 (0.10-0.90) | 12.25 (4.33-34.71) | 0.87 (0.83-0.91) | ||||||
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Nonprofessional | 0.87 (0.85-0.89) | 0.91 (0.90-0.91) | 8.66 (8.62-10.98) | 0.17 (0.08-0.34) | 54.60 (21.98-135.59) | 0.93 (0.86-1.00) | ||||||
| Patient age (years) | |||||||||||||
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3-5 | 0.87 (0.79-0.93) | 0.78 (0.70-0.85) | 3.93 (2.82-5.46) | 0.17 (0.10-0.28) | 24.01 (11.95-48.22) | —d | ||||||
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6-22 | 0.86 (0.84-0.87) | 0.91 (0.90-0.91) | 8.04 (6.49-9.98) | 0.25 (0.10-0.66) | 25.47 (9.02-71.94) | 0.96 (0.92-0.99) | ||||||
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≥55 | 0.85 (0.55-0.98) | 0.98 (0.95-0.99) | 37.23 (15.18-91.30) | 0.16 (0.04-0.56) | 236.50 (41.17-1358.49) | — | ||||||
| Mobile devices | |||||||||||||
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iPads | 0.86 (0.76-0.92) | 0.79 (0.71-0.86 | 4.14 (2.85-6.01) | 0.18 (0.11-0.31) | 22.96 (10.69-49.30) | — | ||||||
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Smartphones | 0.86 (0.84-0.87) | 0.91 (0.90-0.91) | 8.01 (6.21-10.32) | 0.23 (0.09-0.54) | 33.86 (13.02-88.06) | 0.92 (0.81-1.00) | ||||||
aLR: likelihood ratio.
bOR: odds ratio.
cAUC: area under the curve.
dNot applicable.