Social Media Use of Acne Vulgaris Patients: Multicenter, Survey Work

• Conditions: Acne Vulgaris

• Registration Number: NCT04538703
• Lead Sponsor: Istanbul Medeniyet University

Brief Summary

Acne Vulgaris is a chronic skin disease. However, chronic and repetitive due to the quality of life and psychological status of patients can affect. For this reason, patients carry out various research on their diseases on social media and follow programs on these issues in other media such as television and radio. However, there is no study on how much patients are interested in these publications, how much they trust them, and how they reach and organize information via social media. The aim of the study will be to clarify how and how patients with Acne Vulgaris use social media to obtain information about the diagnosis and treatment of their disease, the interaction of patient groups with each other, and how often social media is used, especially in which group of patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-01
• Study First Submitted: 2020-08-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-08-31
• Study First Posted: 2020-09-04
• Status Verified: 2021-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-01-08
• Last Update Posted: 2021-01-11
• Primary Completion: 2021-01-15
• Study Completion: 2021-01-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3000

Inclusion Criteria

• acne vulgaris patient

Exclusion Criteria

• who does not want to answer the questions

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Social media use of acne vulgaris patients, a questionnaire will be asked the patients and try to learn how they use social media for getting information about their disease.	september 2020

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Melek Aslan Kayıran; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey