Internet and Social Media Use in Dermatology Patients

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study is to assess Internet and social media use in dermatology patients

Detailed Description
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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.

Official Title
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Internet and Social Media Use in Dermatology Patients - a Survey

Conditions
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Dermatologic Diseases

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: patient questionnaire


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Patients treated at the Department of Dermatology of University Hospital Basel Exclusion Criteria: Insufficient knowledge of German language

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Other: patient questionnaire|self-administered patient questionnaire regarding the different aspects of internet and social media use in dermatology patients|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Use of the Internet as a source of medical information | self-administered patient questionnaire regarding motivation to seek for medical information on the Internet | single time point assessment at baseline | 
| Use of Social media as a source of medical information | self-administered patient questionnaire regarding motivation to seek for medical information in Social media | single time point assessment at baseline | 
| Duration of Internet/ Social media use by dermatology patients | 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) | single time point assessment at baseline | 
| Quality assessment (by patients) of medical information provided | self-administered patient questionnaire covering quality of medical information provided on the Internet (5 point self-rating scale from very bad to very good) | single time point assessment at baseline | 
| Impact of internet/social media on the patient-physician relationship | self-administered patient questionnaire covering impact of internet/social media on the patient-physician relationship (self-rating scale: positive/ negative/ no impact) | single time point assessment at baseline | 
| Previous use of online medical services and online shopping of drugs/medications | self-administered patient questionnaire assessing previous use of online medical services and online shopping of drugs/medications (yes/ no) | single time point assessment at baseline | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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social media use, online medical services, internet use