Patient Preference for Biopsy Notification

Maria Wei

Status: Completed

Conditions: Elevated Risk for Melanoma

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02213471

BX001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Effective communication between physician and patient is fundamental to effective care. The recent introduction of electronic patient on-line portals has the potential to change the communication landscape. The investigators surveyed patients to assess their preferred modality for biopsy notification at 3 institutions with differing patient access to on-line portals, to ascertain what patient preferences are currently and if it has changed from historical preferences. Our hypothesis is that as patients become more familiar with ln-line portals, their preferences will likely reflect familiarity with this modality.

Enrollment: 301 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who were 18 years of age or older and English speaking were eligible to participate

Exclusion criteria

• Younger than 18, non-English speaking.

Trial design

301 participants in 1 patient group

Elevated risk for melanoma

Description:

Individuals at increased risk for melanoma due to past history of melanoma, family history of melanoma, the presence of many moles, the presence of a genetic mutation known to increase the risk of melanoma.