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

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04991285

Enrollment

485

Registered

2021-08-05

Start date

2021-08-06

Completion date

2023-06-30

Last updated

2023-11-14

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Conditions

Dermatology

Keywords

People of color, dermatology training

Brief summary

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.

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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

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

Design outcomes

Primary

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

Countries

United States

Outcome results