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. 2022 Sep 20;24(9):e40249. doi: 10.2196/40249

Table 3.

Preferences for using deep learning in community-based eye disease screening.

Attribute and level Medical staffa Residents

ORb (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Diagnostic technology

Semiautomated DLc model 2.08 (1.71, 2.52)d 0.89 (0.68, 1.15)

Fully automated DL model 2.39 (1.97, 2.90)d 0.24 (0.20, 0.29)d

Fully manual diagnosis Reference Reference
Organizational form

Centralized screening Reference Reference

Residents’ health self-examination cabin Not significant Not significant

Opportunity screening in outpatiente Not significant Not significant
Missed diagnosis rate

None Reference Reference

5% Not significant Not significant

10% Not significant Not significant

15% Not significant Not significant

20% Not significant Not significant
Overdiagnosis rate

None Reference Reference

5% 0.88 (0.68, 1.15) Not significant

10% 0.61 (0.46, 0.81)d Not significant

15% 0.63 (0.48, 0.83)f Not significant

20% 0.51 (0.38, 0.68)d Not significant
Costg

Free Reference Reference

40 CNY 0.61 (0.46, 0.83)f 0.75 (0.56, 1.01)

80 CNY 0.47 (0.35, 0.64)d 0.56 (0.42, 0.74)d

120 CNY 0.39 (0.28, 0.54)d 0.82 (0.51, 1.31)

160 CNY 0.27 (0.19, 0.38)d 0.78 (0.46, 1.32)

200 CNY 0.21 (0.15, 0.29)d 0.57 (0.46, 0.71)d
Screening result feedback form

Screening results Not significant 0.52 (0.44, 0.61)d

Screening results and referral recommendations Not significant 0.75 (0.65, 0.87)d

Screening results, referral recommendations, and oral explanation by GPh Reference Reference
Screening result feedback efficiency

Immediately Reference Reference

In 2 weeks 0.68 (0.56, 0.82)d Not significant

In 1 month 0.58 (0.48, 0.70)d Not significant

aIn each grid, an OR value over 1 means that the health care services providers were more inclined to this level, while the value less than 1 means that they disliked this level even more.

bOR: odds ratio.

cDL: deep learning.

dP<.001.

eResidents with chronic diseases and other risk factors would be recommended by general practitioners for eye disease screening during their outpatient follow-up.

fP=.001.

gIn 2021, US $1= 6.5 CNY.

hGP: general practitioner.