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. 2023 Jun 28;3(5):e235.
doi: 10.1002/ski2.235. eCollection 2023 Oct.

Development of a digital tool for home-based monitoring of skin disease for older adults

Sven van Egmond  1 , Zhuo R Cai  1 , Vanessa Nava  1 , Isabella Joy de Vere Hunt  1 , Bailie R Rapaport  1 , Justin Ko  2 , Albert S Chiou  2 , Kavita Sarin  2 , Jean Tang  2 , Lucy Zhang  1 , Eleni Linos  1
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Development of a digital tool for home-based monitoring of skin disease for older adults

Sven van Egmond et al. Skin Health Dis. .

Abstract

We developed a digital tool for home-based monitoring of skin disease, our digital tool. In the current observational pilot study, we found that DORA is feasible to use in practice, as it has a high patient compliance, retention and satisfaction. Clinicans rated the photos generally good quality or perfect quality. These results show that the digital health tool DORA can easily be used by patients to send photos to their dermatologist, which could reduce unnecessary clinical visits. It may also be used in other settings where digital literacy barriers and unequal access to dermatologists contribute to healthcare disparities.

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Conflict of interest statement

None to declare.Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, 1R21AG06698001, K24AR075060

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FIGURE 1
Examples of serial photos sent by participants using our digital tool. (a) Patient with vitiligo patch located on his neck receiving laser therapy. (b) Patient with blood blisters on his toe without treatment. (c) Patient known to have mycosis fungoides who had a suspicious lesion on his arm undergoing routine monitoring.
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