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Diagnostic test accuracy of diabetic retinopathy screening by physician graders using a hand-held non-mydriatic retinal camera at a tertiary level medical clinic.
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BMC ophthalmology [BMC Ophthalmol] 2019 Apr 08; Vol. 19 (1), pp. 89. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Apr 08. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Background: The evidence on diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) of diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening utilising photographic studies by non-ophthalmologist personnel in low and middle-income country (LMIC) settings is scarce. We aimed to assess DTA of DR screening using a nonmydriatic hand-held digital camera by trained general physicians in a non-ophthalmic setting.<br />Methods: This study is a validation of a screening intervention. We selected 700 people with diabetes (PwDM) > 18 years of age, not previously screened or treated for DR, presenting at a tertiary medical clinic in Sri Lanka. Two-field retinal imaging was used to capture fundus images before and after pupil dilatation, using a hand-held non-mydriatic (Visuscout 100®-Germany) digital retinal camera. The images were captured and graded by two trained, masked independent physician graders. The DTA of different levels of DR was assessed comparing physician's grading with a retinologist's clinical examination by mydriatic bio-microscopy, according to a locally adopted guideline.<br />Results: Seven hundred eligible PwDM were screened by physician graders. The mean age of participants was 60.8 years (SD ±10.08) and mean duration of DM was 9.9 years (SD ±8.09). Ungradable image proportion in non-mydriatic imaging was 43.4% (either eye-31.3%, both eyes 12.1%). This decreased to 12.8% (either eye-11.6%, both eyes-1.2%) following pupil dilatation. In comparison to detection of any level of DR, a referable level DR (moderate non-proliferative DR and levels above) showed a higher level of DTA. The sensitivity of the defined referable DR was 88.7% (95% CI 81.7-93.8%) for grader 1 (positive predictive value [PPV] 59.1%) and 92.5% (95% CI 86.4-96.5%) for grader 2 (PPV 68%), using mydriatic imaging, after including ungradable images as screen positives. The specificity was 94.9% (95% CI 93.6-96.0%) for grader 1 (negative predictive value [NPV] 99%) and 96.4% (95% CI 95.3-97.3%) for grader 2 (NPV 99.4%).<br />Conclusions: The Physicians grading of images from a digital hand-held non-mydriatic camera at a medical clinic, with dilatation of pupil of those who have ungradable images, provides a valid modality to identify referable level of DR. This could be a feasible alternative modality to the existing opportunistic screening to improve the access and coverage.<br />Trial Registration: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN47559703 . Date of Registration 18th March 2019, Retrospectively registered.
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- Equipment Design
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mydriatics
Prospective Studies
Reproducibility of Results
Diabetic Retinopathy diagnosis
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted methods
Photography instrumentation
Physicians
Retina diagnostic imaging
Tertiary Care Centers
Vision Screening instrumentation
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1471-2415
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- BMC ophthalmology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30961576
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-019-1092-3