Smartphone Photographs of Chronic Urticaria Taken by Patients Are of Good Quality and Useful in the Clinic
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Smartphone Photographs of Chronic Urticaria Taken by Patients Are of Good Quality and Useful in the Clinic. / Ali, Zarqa; Sørensen, Jennifer Astrup; Zhang, Ditte Georgina; Ghazanfar, Misbah Noshela; Allerup, Johan Anker Chrom; Maurer, Marcus; Kocatürk, Emek; Vestergaard, Christian; Thomsen, Simon Francis.
I: Dermatology, Bind 240, Nr. 3, 2024, s. 357-361.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Smartphone Photographs of Chronic Urticaria Taken by Patients Are of Good Quality and Useful in the Clinic
AU - Ali, Zarqa
AU - Sørensen, Jennifer Astrup
AU - Zhang, Ditte Georgina
AU - Ghazanfar, Misbah Noshela
AU - Allerup, Johan Anker Chrom
AU - Maurer, Marcus
AU - Kocatürk, Emek
AU - Vestergaard, Christian
AU - Thomsen, Simon Francis
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Background: Chronic urticaria (CU) is characterized by transient wheals and angioedema, which are often not present when patients see their treating physician. Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of smartphone photographs captured by patients prior to their first visit at an urticaria outpatient clinic. Methods: A survey regarding the quality and utility of smartphone photographs of urticarial skin lesions in patients with CU attending the outpatient clinic for the first time was conducted. Up to three random patient-selected photographs of skin lesions were evaluated by a physician. Results: Of 148 patients, 118 (79.7%) had taken photographs of their skin lesions prior to the consultation, and 75% took photographs with the intention of presenting it to their physician. The photographs were of wheals in 90% of the cases and angioedema in 8%. In total, 72% of the smartphone photographs had the skin lesion in focus, 64% had good resolution, and 48% had good lighting. Only 9% of the smartphone photographs were blurred, 10% had bad lighting, 4% had bad resolution, and 8% did not have the lesion in focus. Moreover, 86% of the smartphone photographs were found to be useful for clinical evaluation. At least one photograph of good/very good quality was presented by 86% of the patients, and 97% had at least one photograph that was useful for clinical evaluation. Conclusion: Patients with CU often take smartphone photographs of their skin lesions on their own initiative prior to their first consultation to present the photographs to their physician. These smartphone photographs are very often of good quality and suitable for clinical evaluation.
AB - Background: Chronic urticaria (CU) is characterized by transient wheals and angioedema, which are often not present when patients see their treating physician. Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of smartphone photographs captured by patients prior to their first visit at an urticaria outpatient clinic. Methods: A survey regarding the quality and utility of smartphone photographs of urticarial skin lesions in patients with CU attending the outpatient clinic for the first time was conducted. Up to three random patient-selected photographs of skin lesions were evaluated by a physician. Results: Of 148 patients, 118 (79.7%) had taken photographs of their skin lesions prior to the consultation, and 75% took photographs with the intention of presenting it to their physician. The photographs were of wheals in 90% of the cases and angioedema in 8%. In total, 72% of the smartphone photographs had the skin lesion in focus, 64% had good resolution, and 48% had good lighting. Only 9% of the smartphone photographs were blurred, 10% had bad lighting, 4% had bad resolution, and 8% did not have the lesion in focus. Moreover, 86% of the smartphone photographs were found to be useful for clinical evaluation. At least one photograph of good/very good quality was presented by 86% of the patients, and 97% had at least one photograph that was useful for clinical evaluation. Conclusion: Patients with CU often take smartphone photographs of their skin lesions on their own initiative prior to their first consultation to present the photographs to their physician. These smartphone photographs are very often of good quality and suitable for clinical evaluation.
KW - Digital imaging
KW - Image
KW - Photographs
KW - Remote assessment
KW - Skin
KW - Smartphone
KW - Urticaria
U2 - 10.1159/000535027
DO - 10.1159/000535027
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37926073
AN - SCOPUS:85180668747
VL - 240
SP - 357
EP - 361
JO - Dermatology
JF - Dermatology
SN - 1018-8665
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 396802577