Home Video Telemetry vs inpatient telemetry: A comparative study looking at video quality.
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ABSTRACT: Objective:To compare the quality of home video recording with inpatient telemetry (IPT) to evaluate our current Home Video Telemetry (HVT) practice. Method:To assess our HVT practice, a retrospective comparison of the video quality against IPT was conducted with the latter as the gold standard. A pilot study had been conducted in 2008 on 5 patients.Patients (n = 28) were included in each group over a period of one year.The data was collected from referral spreadsheets, King's EPR and telemetry archive.Scoring of the events captured was by consensus using two scorers.The variables compared included: visibility of the body part of interest, visibility of eyes, time of event, illumination, contrast, sound quality and picture clarity when amplified to 200%.Statistical evaluation was carried out using Shapiro-Wilk and Chi-square tests. The P-value of ?0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results:Significant differences were demonstrated in lighting and contrast between the two groups (HVT performed better in both).Amplified picture quality was slightly better in the HVT group. Conclusion:Video quality of HVT is comparable to IPT, even surpassing IPT in certain aspects such as the level of illumination and contrast. Results were reconfirmed in a larger sample of patients with more variables. Significance:Despite the user and environmental variability in HVT, it looks promising and can be seriously considered as a preferable alternative for patients who may require investigation at locations remote from an EEG laboratory.
SUBMITTER: Biswas S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6123857 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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