Status:
COMPLETED
Photograph Quality Rating Scale Study ("PQRS Study")
Lead Sponsor:
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Conditions:
Dermatology/Skin - Other
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 17 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Advances in smart phone-based photography (both quality and image transmission) offer the potential to greatly improve access to pediatric dermatologists. However, the accuracy of diagnoses reliant on...
Detailed Description
Each patient/parent dyad will be randomized into one of two approximately equally sized groups; half of the subjects will be provided with an instruction sheet on how best to take photographs of skin ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Must be a new patient/parent dyad arrived at the main pediatric dermatology clinic
- Patient must be under the age of 18.
- Consenting parent or guardian must be present and able to speak English to participate.
- Patients are either already enrolled in MyCHOP (MyChart) or are willing to enroll during the encounter.
- Parent or legal guardian has a mobile phone with the capability to download the free MyChart app.
- Parents have a data plan that allows them to download the MyChart app (if not already downloaded) and upload pictures, and are willing to accept any potential data charges incurred with these activities.
- Patient has active skin lesion or rash that can be photographed during the clinic visit.
Exclusion
- Patient is over the age of 18.
- Parent or guardian is not present or not able to speak English.
- Parent or guardian is not able to enroll in MyCHOP (MyChart).
- Parent or guardian does not have a mobile phone capable of downloading the MyChart app.
- Photographs are not able to be taken (phone battery dies, phone/app does not work, patient is not cooperative, participant does not have time).
- If there are no active skin lesions to photograph the patient/parent will not be enrolled (e.g. hives that are inactive, hyperhidrosis \[excessive sweating\], itching without a rash, resolved skin lesions \[e.g. warts, molluscum\]).
- Patients presenting for a general full body skin exam will be excluded, as this would require full body photography, which is too time consuming. (Note: this does not include evaluation of one individual mole \[nevus\], which can be included in the study).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2016
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03246945
Start Date
March 1 2016
End Date
December 1 2016
Last Update
October 2 2017
Active Locations (1)
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104