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Assessing and Improving Patient Knowledge About Keloid Scars (Keloids)

NCT01176877 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2013-01-03

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Summary

The purpose of this study is:

* to identify how knowledge about keloid scars and self-treatments differs between patients who use the Internet as a source of information and patients who do not
* to determine if patients who are at a high risk of developing additional keloid scars are more or less likely to change their behavior based on an educational information talk about keloid scar prevention

Conditions

  • Keloid Scar

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Scripted lecture ("educational information talk")

This scripted lecture will be approximately 5 minutes in length and will include 3 picture examples of keloid and hypertrophic scarring as well as an opportunity to ask questions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Roopal V Kundu, MD · Northwestern University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-08-31
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2011-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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