NCT02122432

Teledermatology Versus Usual Care on Delay Before Diagnosis and Treatment of Dermatologic Conditions

Impact of Teledermatology Versus Usual Care on Delay Before Diagnosis and/or Treatment of Dermatologic Conditions in General Practice

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 109 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Paris 7 - Denis Diderot · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In France, there is usually a long delay (approximately 6 weeks) before a general practitioner can obtain a specialized advice by dermatologists for diagnosis of "unusual" dermatologic conditions of their patients. Previous studies have shown that teledermatology is a reliable way for diagnosis in dermatology. We hypothesize that a teledermatology advice could reduce delay before diagnosis and therefore treatment for patients.

Detailed description

In France, there is usually a long delay (approximately 6 weeks) before a general practitioner can obtain a specialized advice by dermatologists for diagnosis of "unusual" dermatologic conditions of their patients. Previous studies have shown that teledermatology is a reliable way for diagnosis in dermatology. We hypothesize that a teledermatology advice could reduce delay before diagnosis and therefore treatment for patients.

Conditions

• Dermatologic Conditions

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Teledermatology	General practitioner takes 3 photographs per dermatologic lesion using either a telephone with a 3Mega Pixel minimum camera or a standard camera following recommendations of the practice guidelines for teledermatology (2007) of the American Telemedicine Association. Photographs are sent by email using a secured mail server with at least the following information=date of symptoms, symptomatology, topography of lesions, description of lesions, extension, recent drug intakes) Photographs are read and analyzed by a single dermatologist who gives an expert answer (diagnosis and/or treatment). Answer is sent back to the general practitioner by email (using a secured mail server). Answer contains at least the following information= are photographs usable? What is the diagnosis? If necessary, which treatment should the general practitioner begin ? If necessary, does the patient need a consultation with a dermatologist ?

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-04-01
• Primary completion: 2015-01-01
• Completion: 2015-01-01
• First posted: 2014-04-24
• Last updated: 2015-06-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France