Acceptance of Telemedicine in Dermatology Patients, Physicians and Medical Staff

Dermatologic Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

Acceptance of Telemedicine in Dermatology Patients, Physicians and Medical Staff

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04495036
• Other study ID #: Req-2019-00523; sp20Maul2
• Status: Completed
• Start date: July 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: August 2020
• Source: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 683
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: January 31, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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:

-

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dermatologic Disease
• Skin Diseases

Intervention

Other:
• 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
• 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

Locations

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

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	descriptive analysis: deviation in influencing factors for the acceptance of teledermatology	Assessment of the deviation in influencing factors for the acceptance of teledermatology (subjective disease perception versus objective assessment by physicians)	at baseline
Primary	descriptive analysis of the impact of medical education for the acceptance of telemedicine among dermatologists vs. other physicians vs. medical staff vs. patients	Comparison of the impact of medical education for the acceptance of telemedicine among dermatologists vs. other physicians vs. medical staff vs. patients	at baseline