Acceptance of Telemedicine in Dermatology Patients, Physicians and Medical Staff

NCT ID: NCT04495036

Last Updated: 2020-08-04

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 683 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-07-01
• Study Completion Date: 2020-01-31

Brief Summary

This study is to investigate the current use and intention to use of teledermatology in Swiss dermatology patients, dermatologists, other physicians and medical staff.

Detailed Description

Telemedicine, the use of telecommunication and information technology to provide clinical health care from a distance, has become an increasing role in basic medical care internationally. Telemedicine is particularly suitable for skin diseases. In order to improve the use of evidence-based telemedicine, the Swiss patients' preferences regarding teledermatology versus face-to-face consultations and the patients' and physicians' determinants of acceptance for teledermatology are investigated in this study. Dermatology patients are asked to complete a newly-created 21-items-survey; Swiss dermatologists, other physicians and medical staff on telemedicine will complete a similar newly-created, 23-items-questionnaire. A descriptive statistical analysis (e.g. gender, age, place of residence (city or country), waiting time) will be performed.

Conditions

Dermatologic Disease

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

dermatology patients

data collection (21-items-patient descriptive survey)

Intervention Type: OTHER

Dermatology patients are asked to complete a 21-items-survey while waiting for the doctor's consultation. Following variables will be addressed:

• Demographic data of telemedicine users and non-users
• Subjective disease perception of the dermatology patients
• Use of internet, telemedicine and telemedicine insurance model
• Patients´ willingness for additional features of telemedicine
• Advantages and disadvantages telemedicine and face-to-face consultation
• Suitable fields of dermatology for telemedicine from the patient's perspective
• Recommended structure of telemedical services by users and non-users

physicians and medical staff

data collection (23-items-physician descriptive survey)

Intervention Type: OTHER

To obtain the view of Swiss dermatologists, other physicians and medical staff on telemedicine a 23-items-survey will be completed. Following variables will be addressed:

• Objective disease perception of the treating dermatologist (regarding the urgency of the patient's medical examination, the functional impairment and cosmetic burden due to patient's disease, the impairment of life quality due to patient's disease and the estimation of the course of the patient's disease)
• Suitable fields of dermatology for telemedicine from the physician's and medical staff's perspective

Interventions

data collection (21-items-patient descriptive survey)

Dermatology patients are asked to complete a 21-items-survey while waiting for the doctor's consultation. Following variables will be addressed:

• Demographic data of telemedicine users and non-users
• Subjective disease perception of the dermatology patients
• Use of internet, telemedicine and telemedicine insurance model
• Patients´ willingness for additional features of telemedicine
• Advantages and disadvantages telemedicine and face-to-face consultation
• Suitable fields of dermatology for telemedicine from the patient's perspective
• Recommended structure of telemedical services by users and non-users

Intervention Type: OTHER

data collection (23-items-physician descriptive survey)

To obtain the view of Swiss dermatologists, other physicians and medical staff on telemedicine a 23-items-survey will be completed. Following variables will be addressed:

• Objective disease perception of the treating dermatologist (regarding the urgency of the patient's medical examination, the functional impairment and cosmetic burden due to patient's disease, the impairment of life quality due to patient's disease and the estimation of the course of the patient's disease)
• Suitable fields of dermatology for telemedicine from the physician's and medical staff's perspective

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• patients treated in the Department of Dermatology of the Cantonal Hospital Aarau and the University Hospitals Basel and Zürich
• dermatologists, other physicians and medical staff of the Department of Dermatology of the Cantonal Hospital Aarau and the University Hospitals Basel and Zürich

Exclusion Criteria

-

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Lara Valeska Maul, Dr. med.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel

Locations

Kantonsspital Aarau

Aarau, , Switzerland

Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel

Basel, , Switzerland

University Hospital Zürich

Zurich, , Switzerland

Countries

Switzerland

References

Maul LV, Jahn AS, Pamplona GSP, Streit M, Gantenbein L, Muller S, Nielsen ML, Greis C, Navarini AA, Maul JT. Acceptance of Telemedicine Compared to In-Person Consultation From the Providers' and Users' Perspectives: Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Study in Dermatology. JMIR Dermatol. 2023 Aug 11;6:e45384. doi: 10.2196/45384.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 37582265 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

Req-2019-00523; sp20Maul2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id