Telemedicine eardrum diagnostics in low resource settings
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Ear drum and ear canal pathologies
- Registration Number
- DRKS00033209
- Lead Sponsor
- Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenklinik und Poliklinik der Universitätsmedizin Mainz
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 500
Inclusion Criteria
None. Patients with and without ear pathology aged 18 and older are included.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients under the age of 18.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The video/image quality of the collected eardrum videos and eardrum images are rated by ENT experts (doctors) as part of a survey. This is carried out in particular with regard to the quality of the images and their diagnostic capability. In addition, the diagnostic accuracy of the doctors is determined and compared on the basis of the images taken using the frugal Arclight and the images taken using conventional video otoscopy.<br>Furthermore, a questionnaire is used to evaluate the handling of the diagnosis, for which the Arclight otoscope (connected to a smartphone) will also be compared to conventional video otoscopy (Otopront).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The videos of real eardrums will be compared to videos of artificial eardrums (sim ear trainers).