Dermatologic Diseases
Conditions
Keywords
social media use, online medical services, internet use
Brief summary
This study is to assess Internet and social media use in dermatology patients
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.
Interventions
self-administered patient questionnaire regarding the different aspects of internet and social media use in dermatology patients
Sponsors
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients treated at the Department of Dermatology of University Hospital Basel
Exclusion criteria
* Insufficient knowledge of German language
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Use of the Internet as a source of medical information | single time point assessment at baseline | self-administered patient questionnaire regarding motivation to seek for medical information on the Internet |
| Use of Social media as a source of medical information | single time point assessment at baseline | self-administered patient questionnaire regarding motivation to seek for medical information in Social media |
| Duration of Internet/ Social media use by dermatology patients | single time point assessment at baseline | 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) |
| Quality assessment (by patients) of medical information provided | single time point assessment at baseline | self-administered patient questionnaire covering quality of medical information provided on the Internet (5 point self-rating scale from very bad to very good) |
| Impact of internet/social media on the patient-physician relationship | single time point assessment at baseline | self-administered patient questionnaire covering impact of internet/social media on the patient-physician relationship (self-rating scale: positive/ negative/ no impact) |
| Previous use of online medical services and online shopping of drugs/medications | single time point assessment at baseline | self-administered patient questionnaire assessing previous use of online medical services and online shopping of drugs/medications (yes/ no) |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed