Interrater reliability of photographic assessment of thyroid eye disease using the VISA classification.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the interrater reliability (IRR) of thyroid eye disease (TED) photographic assessment using the VISA classification. To assess whether a VISA grading atlas improves ophthalmology trainees' performance in photographic assessment of TED.

Methods

A prospective, partially randomized, international study conducted from September 2021 to May 2022. Online study invitation was emailed to a volunteer sample group of 68 ophthalmology college accredited consultants and trainees, and 6 were excluded from the study. Participants were asked to score 10 patient photographs of TED using only the inflammation and motility restriction components of the VISA classification. IRR was compared between groups of practitioners by their level of experience. A clinical activity g

SUBMITTER: Boynes AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10879244 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature