Total Body Photography as an Aid to Skin Self-examination: A Patient’s Perspective
Autor: | Wilma Bergman, Nicole A Kukutsch, Lisanne J Secker |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice skin self-examination medicine.medical_specialty Skin Neoplasms Patients pigmented lesions Dermatology total body photography 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine prevention Predictive Value of Tests Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Photography melanoma medicine Humans Response rate (survey) integumentary system business.industry Perspective (graphical) Skin examination Patient Preference General Medicine Middle Aged Skin self-examination Surgery Self-Examination 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Predictive value of tests Physical therapy Female Perception business Total body photography |
Zdroj: | Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 96(2), 186-190 |
ISSN: | 0001-5555 |
DOI: | 10.2340/00015555-2228 |
Popis: | Skin self-examination can help patients who are at high risk for developing melanoma to become more involved in their own surveillance and treatment. This study examined the use of total body photography as an aid to skin self-examination from the patients' perspective. A total of 179 individuals at high risk for developing melanoma who had undergone total body photography (60.5% response rate) completed a self-reported questionnaire assessing the frequency of skin self-examination, perceived usefulness of total body photography, and a variety of potential demographic, clinical and psychological factors. Only approximately half of the participants indicated skin self-examination as useful and 78.9% preferred clinical skin examination by a specialist. Finding total body photography useful was associated with having received instructions on how to perform skin self-examination, the use of a (hand)mirror, and confidence to detect changing moles. These findings allow us to develop strategies to further improve patients' self-screening behaviours. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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