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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Comparative Analysis of Quality of Life of Patients with Dermatological Problems: Teledermatology Versus Face-to-Face Dermatology.

Remedios Lopez-Liria, Antonio Lopez-Villegas, Maria Angeles Valverde-Martinez, Mercedes Perez-Heredia, Francisco Antonio Vega-Ramirez, Salvador Peiro, Cesar Leal-Costa

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Remedios Lopez-LiriaHealth Research Centre, Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine, University of Almeria, Carretera del Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120 Almeria, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3416-2791
Antonio Lopez-VillegasResearch Unit, Poniente University Hospital, El Ejido, 04700 Almeria, Spain.
Maria Angeles Valverde-MartinezHealth Research Centre, Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine, University of Almeria, Carretera del Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120 Almeria, Spain.
Mercedes Perez-HerediaResearch Management Department, Primary Care District Poniente of Almería, El Ejido, 04700 Almeria, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3973-3634
Francisco Antonio Vega-RamirezResearch Team Hum-498, Torrecardenas University Hospital, 04009 Almeria, Spain.
Salvador PeiroHealth Services Research Unit, Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of Valencia Region (FISABIO), 46020 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3902-569X
Cesar Leal-CostaNursing Department, University of Murcia, 30003 Murcia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7711-3877

Funding

Consejeria de Salud y Familias de la Junta de Andalucia AP-0011-2020C1-F2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of the patients cared for with teledermatology (TD) services was analyzed as compared with face-to-face dermatology (F-F/D) at the hospital. This study was a controlled, non-blinded, intra-level, and multicenter randomized clinical trial, with a 6-month follow-up. A total of 450 patients were randomly assigned to two different groups. The Spanish version of the generic EuroQol-5-dimensions-5-Levels (EQ-5D-5L) questionnaire and the specific Skindex-29 questionnaire were used at 0 and 6 months. The number of primary care visits (2.24 TD; 1.68 F-F/D) and number of hospital visits (0.01 TD; 1.48 F-F/D) were statistically significant. It was observed that from month 0 onwards, the users included in the F-F/D group self-perceived a lower HRQoL than the users included in the TD group (Skindex-29 total:

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dermatologyhealth-related quality of lifeprimary careteledermatologytelemedicine

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PMID36360514
PMCPMC9691076

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