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Store‐and‐forward mobile application as an accessible method of study participant assessment

Year: 2022

Type: letter

Abstract: We read with interest the article by Backman et al 1 on a randomized controlled trial examining the effectiveness and wound-healing time following curettage v. cryotherapy for basal cell carcinomas.In the study, patients returned to clinic for three follow-up visits with photography and completed self-evaluations of wound healing over the course of one year.In an ongoing study at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) we are assessing the feasibility of supplanting such in-office assessments and documentation of the healing process with patient acquired photography using a store-and-forward mobile app developed by Canfield Scientific Inc (Fairfield, NJ).In a study approved by the Institutional Review Board at MSKCC (IRB #21-019), we are using the app to follow a convenience sample of patients undergoing ablative therapy for keratoses.The app tracks up to three lesions per patient with an overview and close-up image of each lesion at multiple pre-determined timepoints.Each photo entry includes four questions regarding patients' subjective experiences, including side effects, treatment-related pain, and cosmetic outcomes.Participants complete nine entries over the course of three months and are shown overlays of the Day 0 pre-treatment images during each photography session.The study

Source: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

DOI: 10.1111/jdv.18671

Authors: Emily A. Cowen, Mary Daotung Sun, Lilly Gu, Christian Acevedo, Veronica Rotemberg, Allan C. Halpern

Institutions: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Canfield Scientific (United States)

Language: English

Topic: Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Cancer Institute