Internet and Social Media Use in Dermatology Patients

Dermatologic Diseases Clinical Trial

Official title:

Internet and Social Media Use in Dermatology Patients - a Survey

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03913598
• Other study ID #: 2019-00009; sp19Mueller3
• Status: Completed
• Start date: March 21, 2019
• Est. completion date: April 20, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: September 2019
• Source: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is to assess Internet and social media use in dermatology patients

Description:

The Internet and social media bear potential in terms of heath care consumer education, prevention of diseases and dissemination of evidence-based information. The use of the internet and social media platforms both by dermatologists and patients is rapidly evolving. In order to improve the presence and visibility of dermatology-related evidence-based informations on the Internet and in social media, the use and behavior of dermatology patients in this context is studied in more detail.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 650
• Est. completion date: April 20, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: April 20, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients treated at the Department of Dermatology of University Hospital Basel

Exclusion Criteria:

• Insufficient knowledge of German language

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dermatologic Diseases
• Skin Diseases

Intervention

Other:
• patient questionnaire
self-administered patient questionnaire regarding the different aspects of internet and social media use in dermatology patients

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel	Basel

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Use of the Internet as a source of medical information	self-administered patient questionnaire regarding motivation to seek for medical information on the Internet	single time point assessment at baseline
Primary	Use of Social media as a source of medical information	self-administered patient questionnaire regarding motivation to seek for medical information in Social media	single time point assessment at baseline
Primary	Duration of Internet/ Social media use by dermatology patients	self-administered patient questionnaire covering duration of Internet/ Social media use (up to 2 hours/ day; 2 to 4 hours/day; more than 4 hours/day)	single time point assessment at baseline
Primary	Quality assessment (by patients) of medical information provided	self-administered patient questionnaire covering quality of medical information provided on the Internet (5 point self-rating scale from very bad to very good)	single time point assessment at baseline
Primary	Impact of internet/social media on the patient-physician relationship	self-administered patient questionnaire covering impact of internet/social media on the patient-physician relationship (self-rating scale: positive/ negative/ no impact)	single time point assessment at baseline
Primary	Previous use of online medical services and online shopping of drugs/medications	self-administered patient questionnaire assessing previous use of online medical services and online shopping of drugs/medications (yes/ no)	single time point assessment at baseline