Internet and Social Media Use in Dermatology Patients

Completed

• Conditions: Dermatologic Diseases

• Registration Number: NCT03913598
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Brief Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-03-21
• Study First Submitted: 2019-04-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-04-10
• Study First Posted: 2019-04-12
• Primary Completion: 2019-04-20
• Study Completion: 2019-04-20
• Status Verified: 2019-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-09-17
• Last Update Posted: 2019-09-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 650

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

• Insufficient knowledge of German language

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Use of Social media as a source of medical information	single time point assessment at baseline	self-administered patient questionnaire regarding motivation to seek for medical information in Social media
Quality assessment (by patients) of medical information provided	single time point assessment at baseline	self-administered patient questionnaire covering quality of medical information provided on the Internet (5 point self-rating scale from very bad to very good)
Previous use of online medical services and online shopping of drugs/medications	single time point assessment at baseline	self-administered patient questionnaire assessing previous use of online medical services and online shopping of drugs/medications (yes/ no)
Use of the Internet as a source of medical information	single time point assessment at baseline	self-administered patient questionnaire regarding motivation to seek for medical information on the Internet
Duration of Internet/ Social media use by dermatology patients	single time point assessment at baseline	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)
Impact of internet/social media on the patient-physician relationship	single time point assessment at baseline	self-administered patient questionnaire covering impact of internet/social media on the patient-physician relationship (self-rating scale: positive/ negative/ no impact)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel; 🇨🇭 Basel, Switzerland