People of Color and Dermatology: A Deeper Look at Patients' Perceptions of Care and the Need for Greater Diversity in Dermatology

November 10, 2023 updated by: Roopal Kundu, Northwestern University
Surveys will be collected to evaluate views from people of color and their dermatology experience. The information collected will look at patients' perceptions of care and the need for greater diversity in dermatology.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

This survey looks to gain a much-needed perspective from POC in order to better understand their views on 1. the field of dermatology 2. the diversity in dermatology and its acceptance of skin of color and hair 3. skin of color centers 4. Race concordant dermatology and 5. perceived views on dermatologic training. The sample size will be the number of participants that respond to the survey, with a target sample size of 1000 respondents. Eligible participants need to identify with at least one of the following groups

  • Black or African American
  • Latinx
  • American Indian or Alaska Native
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
  • Asian

Participants will need to be over the age of 18 years old, English-speaking/English proficient and anticipated to be living within the United States. Recruitment and screening will be done through ResearchMatch.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

485

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
        • Northwestern University Fienberg School of Medicine Department of Dermatology

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

N/A

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

People of color who are over the age of 18 years old, English speaking/ English proficient and living in the U.S.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Eligible participants need to identify with at least one of the following groups

  • Black or African American
  • Latinx
  • American Indian or Alaska Native
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
  • Asian
  • Over the age of 18 years old
  • English-speaking/ English proficient
  • Anticipated to be living within the United States

Exclusion:

Subjects who do not meet the inclusion criteria

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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Frequency (percentage) of participants with knowledge of skin of color clinics/training
Time Frame: 2 months
The frequency (percentage) of participants who responded as knowing about skin of color clinics and skin of color training for dermatology.
2 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Northwestern University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 6, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 26, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

June 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 21, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 2, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

August 5, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

November 14, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 10, 2023

Last Verified

November 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • STU00214929

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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