Effect of Surgical Site Infections on Patient Reported Cosmetic Outcomes in Dermatologic Surgery

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04744961

Enrollment

114

Registered

2021-02-09

Start date

2021-02-24

Completion date

2021-05-17

Last updated

2021-05-18

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Conditions

Patient Satisfaction, Surgical Site Infection

Brief summary

This study involves surveying two matched groups of patients that underwent dermatologic surgery at our department. One group had a documented surgical site infection and the other didn't. All patients will be asked to complete a questionnaire in which they assess the physical appearance of their scars and its psychosocial impact. Results will be compared between the groups.

Detailed description

65 patients with a documented surgical site infection will be compared to 65 patients with normal wound healing in terms of patient reported outcome regarding scar physical appearance and psychosocial impact using SCAR-Q questionnaire.

Interventions

OTHERSCAR-Q survey

Telephone survey

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Patient above 18 years of age that underwent a dermatosurgical procedure at our department between march 2017 and march 2020.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients assessed as not suitable for telephone survey due to hearing disabilities or cognitive impairment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Comparing mean values of SCAR-Q scores in both groups	3 months	Scar-Q (http://qportfolio.org/scar-q/) is a patient reported outcome instrument in which scars will be assessed in terms of scar appearance and psychosocial impact. Scores will range from 0 (worst) to 100 (best). Scores will be compared between the two groups using either parametric or non-parametric tests depending on the distribution of the results.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Association between patient characteristics and SCAR-Q scores	3 months	Score values (0-100) will be correlated to the following patient characteristics (gender, age, type of surgical procedure, anatomic location, and diagnosis of excised lesion)

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026