Utility of the Telemedicine Retinopathy of Prematurity Severity Score in a Tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

IF 1.1 4区医学 Q4 OPHTHALMOLOGY

Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-08-17 DOI:10.3928/23258160-20260619-01

Katherine M Overbey, Kwabena Onwona-Agyeman, Sarthak V Shah, Cindy S Zhao, Samuel Bondzie, Imoro Z Braimah, Arthur R Brant, Hanks Wallace, Ashna Ahya, Dave Young, Geoffrey C Tabin, Darius M Moshfeghi

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Abstract

Background and objective: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a leading cause of childhood blindness. ROP management needs multidisciplinary coordination and clear communication of disease severity. This study aims to evaluate the usability of the Telemedicine ROP Severity Score (tROP-SS) among nonophthalmologists.

Patients and methods: Twenty-three neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) staff completed a questionnaire with terminology from the International Classification for ROP, Third Edition (ICROP3) or tROP-SS. Participants were assessed on ease of use, identification of progression or regression, and communication with families. Accuracy, number of clicks, and time per question were recorded.

Results: Accuracy was higher using tROP-SS terminology vs ICROP3 (76.5% ± 29.2% vs 51.7% ± 20.1%; P = .002). Participants preferred tROP-SS across all subjective domains (P < .001), citing improved understandability, disease assessment, and communication.

Conclusion: The tROP-SS enhances both accuracy and usability for NICU staff. By simplifying complex classification into a single score, tROP-SS supports multidisciplinary care.

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远程医疗早产儿视网膜病变严重程度评分在三级新生儿重症监护病房的应用。

背景与目的：早产儿视网膜病变（ROP）是儿童失明的主要原因。ROP管理需要多学科协调和疾病严重程度的明确沟通。本研究旨在评估远程医疗ROP严重程度评分（tROP-SS）在非眼科医生中的可用性。患者和方法：23名新生儿重症监护病房（NICU）工作人员填写了一份调查问卷，问卷中使用的术语来自国际ROP分类，第三版（ICROP3）或tROP-SS。评估参与者的易用性，进展或倒退的识别，以及与家人的沟通。准确性、点击次数和每个问题的时间都被记录下来。结果：与ICROP3相比，使用tROP-SS术语的准确率更高（76.5%±29.2% vs 51.7%±20.1%;P = 0.002）。参与者在所有主观领域都更喜欢tROP-SS (P < 0.001)，理由是提高了可理解性、疾病评估和沟通。结论：tROP-SS提高了新生儿重症监护病房工作人员的准确性和可用性。通过将复杂的分类简化为单一评分，tROP-SS支持多学科护理。

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Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina OPHTHALMOLOGY-SURGERY

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期刊介绍： OSLI Retina focuses exclusively on retinal diseases, surgery and pharmacotherapy. OSLI Retina will offer an expedited submission to publication effort of peer-reviewed clinical science and case report articles. The front of the journal offers practical clinical and practice management features and columns specific to retina specialists. In sum, readers will find important peer-reviewed retina articles and the latest findings in techniques and science, as well as informative business and practice management features in one journal.