Autor: |
Pedro Carreiro-Martins, Paulo Paixão, Iolanda Caires, Pedro Matias, Hugo Gamboa, Filipe Soares, Pedro Gomez, Joana Sousa, Nuno Neuparth |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2024 |
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Zdroj: |
Diagnostics, Vol 14, Iss 20, p 2273 (2024) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2075-4418 |
DOI: |
10.3390/diagnostics14202273 |
Popis: |
Background/Objectives: The interest in processing human speech and other human-generated audio signals as a diagnostic tool has increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project OSCAR (vOice Screening of CoronA viRus) aimed to develop an algorithm to screen for COVID-19 using a dataset of Portuguese participants with voice recordings and clinical data. Methods: This cross-sectional study aimed to characterise the pattern of sounds produced by the vocal apparatus in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection documented by a positive RT-PCR test, and to develop and validate a screening algorithm. In Phase II, the algorithm developed in Phase I was tested in a real-world setting. Results: In Phase I, after filtering, the training group consisted of 166 subjects who were effectively available to train the classification model (34.3% SARS-CoV-2 positive/65.7% SARS-CoV-2 negative). Phase II enrolled 58 participants (69.0% SARS-CoV-2 positive/31.0% SARS-CoV-2 negative). The final model achieved a sensitivity of 85%, a specificity of 88.9%, and an F1-score of 84.7%, suggesting voice screening algorithms as an attractive strategy for COVID-19 diagnosis. Conclusions: Our findings highlight the potential of a voice-based detection strategy as an alternative method for respiratory tract screening. |
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