Internet and Social Media Use in Dermatology Patients

Internet and Social Media Use in Dermatology Patients - a Survey

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

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Dermatologic Diseases
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: patient questionnaire

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 Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 650

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Switzerland
  • Basel, Switzerland, 4031
    • Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Outpatients treated at the Department of Dermatology of University Hospital Basel

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

• Insufficient knowledge of German language

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): March 21, 2019
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): April 20, 2019
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): April 20, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 10, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 10, 2019
• First Posted (ACTUAL): April 12, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): September 18, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 17, 2019
• Last Verified: September 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: social media use; online medical services; internet use
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Skin Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2019-00009; sp19Mueller3

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No