Patient Acceptance And Satisfaction of Teledermoscopy In General Practice In a Belgian Rural Area

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• Conditions: Skin Cancer; Patient Satisfaction; Patient Acceptance of Health Care
• Interventions: Other: taking macroscopic and dermoscopic pictures of suspicious skin lesions

• Registration Number: NCT04534868
• Lead Sponsor: Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Brief Summary

The aim objective of this work is to assess the characteristics of patients for whom teledermoscopy could be suitable for the detection of potential skin cancers, within a population of rural general medicine in the South of Hainaut, by means of a mixed quantitative and qualitative study corresponding respectively:

* To identify patients' knowledge of skin cancers, their skin monitoring habits, and their acceptability of new telemedicine tools such as teledermoscopy ("Part 1").

* To evaluate the satisfaction and expectations of those who benefit from teledermoscopy ("Part 2").

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2020-08
• Study First Submitted: 2020-08-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-08-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-08-27
• Study First Posted: 2020-09-01
• Last Update Posted: 2020-09-01
• Study Start: 2020-09-15
• Primary Completion: 2021-02-15
• Study Completion: 2021-03-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Adults ( > 18y)
• French Speaking Patient

Exclusion Criteria

• Illiterate Patients
• Demented Patients
• Non-French speaking patients
• Minors.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patient Acceptance and satisfaction for teledermoscopy	taking macroscopic and dermoscopic pictures of suspicious skin lesions	The aim of the first part of the study is to evaluate patients' skin monitoring habits, their knowledge of skin cancer, and their preconceptions about new telemedicine tools such as teledermoscopy. This is a written quantitative questionnaire with answers to tick. An explanatory folder will be given to patients and they will be asked to read it beforehand in order to allow a good understanding of the terms used and the goal of the project. This part will include 70 to 100 patients. The second part of the study is a qualitative study and the aim of it is to evaluate the satisfaction, acceptance and future expectations of those who have benefited from teledermoscopy. Individual and anonymous interviews, lasting 15 to 20 minutes, intended for patients who have benefit of teledermoscopy at the office. An explanatory folder will also be given to the patients concerned in order to explain to them the procedure of the interview. This part will include 8 to 10 patients.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient Satisfaction after a teledermoscopy experience	15 to 20 minutes (interview duration)	Assessment of the satisfaction and future expectations of patients who have benefited from teledermoscopy in general practice, using a qualitative study in the form of semi-structured, individual and anonymous interviews
Patient Acceptability Of Teledermoscopy	20 to 30 minutes to complete the questionnaire.	Using a quantitative survey-type questionnaire; * Determination of the patients ' skin monitoring habits; * Determination of patients' knowledge of skin cancers and their prevention; * Determine their acceptance of new technologies such as teledermoscopy in the context of skin cancer screening; * And finally, determination of a target population for whom teledermoscopy could be suitable for the detection of skin cancers (percentage of patients accepting teledermoscopy etc)