Patient Preference for Biopsy Notification

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02213471

Enrollment

301

Registered

2014-08-11

Start date

2012-07-31

Completion date

2013-07-31

Last updated

2014-08-11

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Conditions

Elevated Risk for Melanoma

Brief summary

Effective communication between physician and patient is fundamental to effective care. The recent introduction of electronic patient on-line portals has the potential to change the communication landscape. The investigators surveyed patients to assess their preferred modality for biopsy notification at 3 institutions with differing patient access to on-line portals, to ascertain what patient preferences are currently and if it has changed from historical preferences. Our hypothesis is that as patients become more familiar with ln-line portals, their preferences will likely reflect familiarity with this modality.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients who were 18 years of age or older and English speaking were eligible to participate

Exclusion criteria

* Younger than 18, non-English speaking.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Patient preference for biopsy notification	1 year	Patients were asked to rank in order of preference their preferred method for being notified of a skin biopsy result

Countries

United States

Outcome results