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A Multicentre Validation Study of a Smartphone Application to Screen Hand Arthritis by Mark Reed; Broderick Rampono; Wallace Turner; Andreea Harsanyi; Andrew Lim; Shereen Paramalingam; David Massasso; Vivek Thakkar; Maninder Mundae; Elliot Rampono is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background Arthritis is a common condition, and the prompt and accurate assessment of hand arthritis in primary care is an area of unmet clinical need. We have previously developed and tested a screening tool combining machine-learning algorithms, to help primary care physicians assess patients presenting with arthritis affecting the hands. The aim of this study was to assess the validity of the screening tool among a number of different Rheumatologists. ## Methods Two hundred and forty-eight consecutive new patients presenting to 7 private Rheumatology practices across Australia were enrolled. Using a smartphone application, each patient had photographs taken of their hands, completed a brief 9-part questionnaire, and had a single examination result (wrist irritability) recorded. The Rheumatologist diagnosis was entered following a 45-minute consultation. Multiple machine learning models were applied to both the photographic and survey/examination results, to generate a screening outcome for the primary diagnoses of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis. ## Results The combined algorithms in the application performed well in identifying and discriminating between d
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- Author
- Mark Reed; Broderick Rampono; Wallace Turner; Andreea Harsanyi; Andrew Lim; Shereen Paramalingam; David Massasso; Vivek Thakkar; Maninder Mundae; Elliot Rampono
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)