Effectiveness of Online vs In-Person Care for Adults With Psoriasis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Innovative, online models of specialty-care delivery are critical to improving patient access and outcomes.

Objective

To determine whether an online, collaborative connected-health model results in equivalent clinical improvements in psoriasis compared with in-person care.

Design, setting, and participants

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Psoriasis Teledermatology Trial is a 12-month, pragmatic, randomized clinical equivalency trial to evaluate the effect of an online model for psoriasis compared with in-person care. Participant recruitment and study visits took place at multicenter ambulatory clinics from February 2, 2015, to August 18, 2017. Participants were adults with psoriasis in Northern California, Southern California, and Colorado.

SUBMITTER: Armstrong AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324453 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature