Otitis Media, Suppurative
Conditions
Brief summary
Otitis media (OM) is one of the most common childhood infections and is a major cause of morbidity in children and results as being the first cause of antibiotic prescription among children in developed countries . An artificial intelligence-based tool could help physicians refine their diagnosis
Detailed description
Ear infections in children are very common, particularly acute otitis media (AOM) which represents the first reason for visiting physicians and for antibiotic prescription in children in developed countries. However, the diagnosis is not easy because of the narrowness of the ear canal, the discomfort of the child during the otoscopic exam. Moreover, the accuracy of the AOM diagnosis depends on the subjectivity of the physician mostly. This can result in an misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment with, as a result, the emergence of multi-resistant germ. Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine is booming and has already proven its worth in terms of prevention, monitoring and diagnosis. I-Nside, an app based on Artificial Intelligence is able to make automatic diagnosis of many ear pathologies, after capturing picture of any eardrum using an otoendoscope fixed on a connected smartphone (SmartScope®). Therefore, the investigators aim to assess the accuracy of AOM diagnosis the existing app, by comparing the inter-rater agreement between the diagnosis made by a senior physician using a traditional otoscope (considered as gold standard ) and the one made by a junior physician using the app
Interventions
OTHERAOM diagnosis with app
the diagnosis made by a senior physician using a traditional otoscope. the diagnosis made by the junior physician using an otoendoscope fixed on a connected smartphone
OTHERAOM diagnosis without app
the diagnosis made by a senior physician and by the junior physician, using a traditional otoscope
Sponsors
Fondation Lenval
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Child under 18 years Presenting signs that may suggest acute otitis media (fever, earache, purulent otorrhea) For which the informed written consent of, at least, one of the two parents or the holder of parental authority has been obtained
Exclusion criteria
A sign (s) of vital distress Trans-tympanic drains \-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| diagnosis of purulent Acute Otitis Media (AOM) made by junior physicians using the i-Nside application associated with Smartscope® | at inclusion | diagnosis of purulent AOM is made on an inflammatory aspect of the eardrum with retrotympanic effusion, exteriorized (otorrhea) or not (opacity, effacement of reliefs or bulging, disappearance of the light triangle). |
| diagnosis of purulent Acute Otitis Media (AOM) made by senior physicians using a standard otoscope | at inclusion | diagnosis of purulent AOM is made on an inflammatory aspect of the eardrum with retrotympanic effusion, exteriorized (otorrhea) or not (opacity, effacement of reliefs or bulging, disappearance of the light triangle) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| rate of misdiagnoses of purulent Acute Otitis Media (AOM) with and without the use of the application | at inclusion | a misdiagnosis is measured by a discordant diagnosis of the juniors compared to the seniors considered as the Gold Standard for the AOM diagnosis |
| collection risk factors for a discrepancy in the diagnosis of purulent AOM | at inclusion | collection data of age of patients,pain requiring analgesia, period of the day of diagnosis (morning, afternoon,night) |
| satisfaction of junior physicians regarding the use of the app | through study completion, an average of 1 year | a questionnaire will be given at the end of the study. The questions relate to the use of the application and its perceived usefulness by practitioners. Satisfaction will be assessed by a Lickert scale |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed