Effect of store and forward teledermatology on quality of life: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although research on quality of life and dermatologic conditions is well represented in the literature, information on teledermatology's effect on quality of life is virtually absent.

Objective

To determine the effect of store and forward teledermatology on quality of life.

Design

Two-site, parallel-group, superiority randomized controlled trial.

Setting

Dermatology clinics and affiliated sites of primary care at 2 US Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities.

Participants

Patients being referred to a dermatology clinic were randomly assigned, stratified by site, to teledermatology or the conventional consultation process. Among the 392 patients who met the inclusion criteria and were randomized, 326 completed the allocated interventio

SUBMITTER: Whited JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3726199 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature