Implementing the SCORE system improves the quality of clinical EEG reading.
Clin Neurophysiol Pract
; 7: 260-263, 2022.
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
To assess whether implementing the freeware version of the SCORE EEG system (Standardized Computer-based Organized Reporting of EEG) leads to improvement in the quality of clinical EEG reading, and whether EEG reports in SCORE EEG are understood and accepted by the referring physicians.Methods:
We generated EEG reports in the conventional, free-text style and then using SCORE EEG, in consecutive patients referred to routine EEG. We used the Georgian translation in the SCORE EEG Free Edition. We pre-defined quality indicators consisting of a list of 24 key features that need to be addressed in EEG reports. We compared these quality indicators in free-text reports with SCORE EEG. In addition, EEG reports in SCORE EEG format were assessed by ten referring physicians, who evaluated their usability on a 7-point Likert scale.Results:
We included and evaluated EEG reports from 157 patients (80 female; age 1-75â¯years; median 28â¯years). Fourteen features were reported exclusively in SCORE EEG, four were reported significantly more often in SCORE EEG than in free-text format, and six features were reported equally often in SCORE EEG and in free-text format. Usability aspects of SCORE EEG were highly rated by the referring physicians (median 6-7 on the 7-point Likert scale).Conclusions:
The structured system of EEG reporting in SCORE EEG helped the experts reading clinical EEG to cover the important aspects and increase the quality of clinical EEG reports.Significance:
Implementing the freeware version of SCORE EEG in underprivileged areas will help improving management of patients with epilepsy.
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