Abstract
Design: Observational study.
Purpose: To perform external quality assurance (EQA) on graders registered in the Ophthalmological Society of South Africa (OSSA) DR screening programme. The study hope to establish a proof of concept for this form of QA in this setting.
Methods: Graders registered on the South African Diabetic Register website were invited to participate in the study. The Scottish EQA software system was used to enable on-line grading of 100 retinal photographs. Expert UK National Health Service graders provided the consensus expert grading for the image set. The baseline study was completed in January 2014. A follow-up study in a subgroup of those that took part in 2014 was completed in December 2015.
Purpose: To perform external quality assurance (EQA) on graders registered in the Ophthalmological Society of South Africa (OSSA) DR screening programme. The study hope to establish a proof of concept for this form of QA in this setting.
Methods: Graders registered on the South African Diabetic Register website were invited to participate in the study. The Scottish EQA software system was used to enable on-line grading of 100 retinal photographs. Expert UK National Health Service graders provided the consensus expert grading for the image set. The baseline study was completed in January 2014. A follow-up study in a subgroup of those that took part in 2014 was completed in December 2015.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | E102-E102 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | European Journal of Ophthalmology |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | 26th Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes Eye Complications Study Group (EASDec) - Manchester, UK, Manchester, United Kingdom Duration: 23 Jun 2016 → 25 Jun 2016 |