Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-20-2023
Abstract
PURPOSE: To identify the prominent factors that lead to misdiagnosis of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) by ophthalmologists-in-training in the United States and Canada.
METHODS: This prospective cohort study included 32 ophthalmologists-in-training at six ophthalmology training programs in the United States and Canada. Twenty web-based cases of ROP using wide-field retinal images were presented, and ophthalmologists-in-training were asked to diagnose plus disease, zone, stage, and category for each eye. Responses were compared to a consensus reference standard diagnosis for accuracy, which was established by combining the clinical diagnosis and the image-based diagnosis by multiple experts. The types of diagnostic errors that occurred were analyzed with descriptive and chi-squared analysis. Main outcome measures were frequency of types (category, zone, stage, plus disease) of diagnostic errors; association of errors in zone, stage, and plus disease diagnosis with incorrectly identified category; and performance of ophthalmologists-in-training across postgraduate years.
RESULTS: Category of ROP was misdiagnosed at a rate of 48%. Errors in classification of plus disease were most commonly associated with misdiagnosis of treatment-requiring (plus error rate = 16% when treatment-requiring was correctly diagnosed vs 81% when underdiagnosed as type 2 or pre-plus; mean difference: 64.3; 95% CI: 51.9 to 76.7;
CONCLUSIONS: Ophthalmologists-in-training in the United States and Canada misdiagnosed ROP nearly half of the time, with incorrect identification of plus disease as a leading cause. Integration of structured learning for ROP in residency education may improve diagnostic competency.
Recommended Citation
Al-Khaled, Tala; Patel, Samir N.; Valikodath, Nita G.; Jonas, Karyn E.; Ostmo, Susan; Allozi, Rawan; Hallak, Joelle; Campbell, J. Peter; Chiang, Michael F.; and Chan, R.V. Paul, "Characterization of Errors in Retinopathy of Prematurity Diagnosis by Ophthalmologists-in-Training in the United States and Canada" (2023). Wills Eye Hospital Papers. Paper 207.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/willsfp/207
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PubMed ID
36263935
Language
English
Comments
This article is the author’s final published version in Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, October 2023, Volume 60, Issue 5, Pages 337-343.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.3928/01913913-20220609-01. Copyright © 2023 Al-Khaled, Patel, Valikodath, et al; licensee SLACK Incorporated.