Predictors of Patient Attitudes and Barriers to Skin Cancer Screening

Skin Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Predictors of Patient Attitudes and Barriers to Skin Cancer Screening

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02235116
• Other study ID #: 11-001705
• Status: Completed
• Start date: June 2011
• Est. completion date: July 2011

Study information

• Verified date: September 2014
• Source: Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a cross-sectional survey distributed to a convenience sample of patients in a waiting room of an academic dermatology clinic. The survey assesses patient experiences with full body skin exams and attitudes towards full body skin exams. The survey is designed to help investigators better understand how many patients are not getting full body skin exams, why this may be occurring, and what types of interventions may be enacted to increase the number of patients getting full body skin exams.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1040
• Est. completion date: July 2011
• Est. primary completion date: July 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years old or older

• English-speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

• previously completed the survey

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Skin Cancer
• Skin Neoplasms

Intervention

Other:
• Survey

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	UCLA Dermatology	Los Angeles	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of patients reporting ever having had a full body skin examination		2 weeks