The Use of Mole Mapping Diagrams to Increase Skin Self Examination Accuracy

October 11, 2005 updated by: Brown University
This study aims to improve Skin Self-Examination accuracy by a simple cost effective intervention requiring participants to complete a mole-mapping diagram.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male and female subjects above age 18 of any ethnicity will be enrolled in this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects will be excluded from the study if they have significant skin disease which would not allow manipulation of their photographs consistent with the rest of the subjects.
  • Since the study instructions are in English, Non-English speakers will be excluded.
  • Those with co-morbidity sufficiently severe to prevent them from being able to perform a SSE will be excluded.
  • In addition, those with cognitive impairment who are unable to give informed consent, or to understand the study instructions given to them, will be excluded.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Brown University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Martin A Weinstock, MD, Ph.D, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Providence, RI

Study record dates

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Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 11, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 11, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

October 13, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 13, 2005

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 11, 2005

Last Verified

May 1, 2004

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 00001402

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