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. 2022 Feb 14;10(2):e26275. doi: 10.2196/26275

Table 2.

A summary of mobile apps for evaluating visual acuity.

Types Sensitivity Specificity Positive LRa Negative LR Diagnostic ORb AUCc
Examiners

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)

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)

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

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)

≥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

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)

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.