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Table 3 Optometrists’ VIMOC evaluations of retinal images and corresponding ophthalmologist grading and patient glucose status

From: Sensitivity and specificity of Norwegian optometrists’ evaluation of diabetic retinopathy in single-field retinal images – a cross-sectional experimental study

  

Image evaluation

Optometrist consideration on further management

Imagea

Patient status

Ophthalmologists grading of DR

Optometrists true findings of DR

No/Routine follow-up

Report / referral to general practitioner

Report / referral to ophthalmologist

   

n

% (95%CI)

n

% (95%CI)

n

% (95%CI)

n

% (95%CI)

8

IGT

No DR

46

64 (52 to 75)

17

37 (23 to 51)

21

46 (31 to 60)

8

17 (6 to 28)

5

KDM

No DR

53

72 (61 to 82)

30

37 (43 to 70)

10

19 (8 to 29)

13

25 (13 to 36)

14

SDDM

No DR

61

82 (74 to 91)

31

51 (38 to 63)

18

30 (18 to 41)

12

20 (10 to 30)

13

SDDM

No DR

64

86 (79 to 94)

33

52 (39 to 64)

10

16 (7 to 25)

21

33 (21 to 44)

12

SDDM

No DR

68

92 (86 to 98)

58

85 (77 to 94)

4

6 (0 to 11)

6

9 (2 to 16)

11

KDM

No DR

71

96 (91 to 100)

61

86 (78 to 94)

2

3 (0 to 7)

8

11 (4 to 19)

2

NGT

No DR

73

99 (96 to 100)

66

90 (84 to 97)

4

5 (0 to 11)

3

4 (0 to 9)

1

NGT

Mild NPDR

23

31 (20 to 42)

1

4 (0 to 13)

8

35 (15 to 54)

14

61 (41 to 81)

6

IGT

Mild NPDR

39

53 (41 to 64))

1

3 (0 to 8)

10

26 (12 to 39)

28

72 (58 to 86)

3

NGT

Mild NPDR

40

54 (42 to 66)

0

0 (0 to 0)

19

48 (32 to 63)

21

53 (37 to 68)

7

DM

Mild NPDR

41

55 (44 to 67)

1

2 (0 to 7)

15

37 (22 to 51)

25

61 (46 to 76)

4

DM

Mild NPDR

57

77 (67 to 87)

2

4 (0 to 8)

20

35 (23 to 47)

35

61 (49 to 74)

9b

DM

Moderate NPDR

71

100 (100 to 100)

0

0 (0 to 0)

4

6 (0 to 11)

67

94 (89 to100)

10c

DM

Moderate NPDR

73

100 (100 to 100)

0

0 (0 to 0)

8

11 (4 to 18)

65

89 (82 to 96)

  1. CI, confidence interval; DR, diabetic retinopathy; IGT, impaired glucose tolerance; KDM, known diabetes; NGT, normal glucose tolerance; NPDR, non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy; SDDM, screen-detected diabetes; VIMOC, Visual Identification and Management of Ophthalmological Conditions.a The number refers to the number in image presentation sequence of the VIMOC examinationMissing grading data from b3 and c1 optometrists.