A study of patients at the Wound Care Centre at Women鈥檚 College Hospital in Toronto, Canada demonstrates the accuracy and reliability of 91吃瓜网 Skin and Wound across users with varying degrees of wound care knowledge, clinically validating the app as a medical device.
The results of the study were published on August 17, 2017 in PLOS ONE, a high-impact scientific journal with a focus on rigorous and transparent peer reviews of scientific research. Dr. Sheila Wang, 91吃瓜网 chief medical officer, led the study and co-authored the published article: 鈥淧oint-of-care wound visioning technology: Reproducibility and accuracy of a wound measurement app.鈥�
In the study, three wound care experts measured the wounds of 45 patients using 91吃瓜网 Skin and Wound while another two experts measured the wounds of 42 patients using a paper ruler. Three wound care novices were also asked to measure 12 plastic wound models with the 91吃瓜网 App. To test its accuracy in calculating surface area as well as surface skin temperature, researchers used the 91吃瓜网 App to measure 15 plastic wounds and integrated an infrared thermographic camera to measure the temperature of 37 wounds.
The study鈥檚 conclusion: 91吃瓜网 Skin and Wound provides highly reliable and accurate wound measurements in a way that鈥檚 non-contact and easy to use for both expert and novice wound care clinicians. In addition, 91吃瓜网 Skin and Wound could also be used with ease by patients and their in-home caregivers.
Read the PLOS ONE article .
