NCT04538703

Social Media Use of Acne Vulgaris Patients: Multicenter, Survey Work

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 3,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Istanbul Medeniyet University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

Acne Vulgaris is a chronic skin disease. However, chronic and repetitive due to the quality of life and psychological status of patients can affect. For this reason, patients carry out various research on their diseases on social media and follow programs on these issues in other media such as television and radio. However, there is no study on how much patients are interested in these publications, how much they trust them, and how they reach and organize information via social media. The aim of the study will be to clarify how and how patients with Acne Vulgaris use social media to obtain information about the diagnosis and treatment of their disease, the interaction of patient groups with each other, and how often social media is used, especially in which group of patients.

Conditions

• Acne Vulgaris

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	acne vulgaris	Social media use of acne vulgaris patients, a questionnaire will be asked the patients and try to learn how they use social media for getting information about their disease.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-01
• Primary completion: 2021-01-15
• Completion: 2021-01-30
• First posted: 2020-09-04
• Last updated: 2021-01-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)