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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dermatology Practice Worldwide: Results of a Survey Promoted by the International Dermoscopy Society (IDS)

INTRODUCTION: The International Dermoscopy Society (IDS) conducted an online survey to investigate the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak on the daily practice of dermatologists working with skin cancer patients, to collect data regarding the frequency of skin manifestations noti...

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Autores principales: Conforti, Claudio, Lallas, Aimilios, Argenziano, Giuseppe, Dianzani, Caterina, Di Meo, Nicola, Giuffrida, Roberta, Kittler, Harald, Malvehy, Josep, Marghoob, Ashfaq A., Soyer, H. Peter, Zalaudek, Iris
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mattioli 1885 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7875667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33614221
http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.1101a153
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author Conforti, Claudio
Lallas, Aimilios
Argenziano, Giuseppe
Dianzani, Caterina
Di Meo, Nicola
Giuffrida, Roberta
Kittler, Harald
Malvehy, Josep
Marghoob, Ashfaq A.
Soyer, H. Peter
Zalaudek, Iris
author_facet Conforti, Claudio
Lallas, Aimilios
Argenziano, Giuseppe
Dianzani, Caterina
Di Meo, Nicola
Giuffrida, Roberta
Kittler, Harald
Malvehy, Josep
Marghoob, Ashfaq A.
Soyer, H. Peter
Zalaudek, Iris
author_sort Conforti, Claudio
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description INTRODUCTION: The International Dermoscopy Society (IDS) conducted an online survey to investigate the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak on the daily practice of dermatologists working with skin cancer patients, to collect data regarding the frequency of skin manifestations noticed by the members, and to obtain information about the use of teledermatology during the pandemic. METHODS: All IDS members were asked to fill in a questionnaire, sent by email. A questionnaire available in English was sent to all IDS members (≈16.0000 members) by email. The questionnaire was anonymous, with a compiling time of less than 5 minutes. The survey was open for 30 days (from April 24, 2020 to May 24, 2020) and it could only be filled out once. RESULTS: Overall, 678 dermatologists responded to the questionnaire; 334 members stated that there has been a reduction of more than 75% in daily work activity during the pandemic, 265 dermatologists worked fewer days per week, and 118 experienced telemedicine for the first time. Acrodermatitis was the most frequently observed skin manifestation (n = 80) followed by urticarial rash (n = 69), morbilliform rash (n = 53) and purpuric manifestation (n = 40). In regard to the role of teledermatology, 565 dermatologists reported an increased number of teleconsultations, and the number of melanomas diagnosed during the pandemic was practically 0 for 385 (56.78%) of respondents. CONCLUSION: This survey highlights that the outbreak had a negative impact on most dermatology services, with a significant reduction in consultation time spent for chronic patients, and an increased risk of missed melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) diagnosis. Moreover, our study confirms earlier findings of a wide range of skin manifestations associated with COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-78756672021-02-19 Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dermatology Practice Worldwide: Results of a Survey Promoted by the International Dermoscopy Society (IDS) Conforti, Claudio Lallas, Aimilios Argenziano, Giuseppe Dianzani, Caterina Di Meo, Nicola Giuffrida, Roberta Kittler, Harald Malvehy, Josep Marghoob, Ashfaq A. Soyer, H. Peter Zalaudek, Iris Dermatol Pract Concept Research INTRODUCTION: The International Dermoscopy Society (IDS) conducted an online survey to investigate the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak on the daily practice of dermatologists working with skin cancer patients, to collect data regarding the frequency of skin manifestations noticed by the members, and to obtain information about the use of teledermatology during the pandemic. METHODS: All IDS members were asked to fill in a questionnaire, sent by email. A questionnaire available in English was sent to all IDS members (≈16.0000 members) by email. The questionnaire was anonymous, with a compiling time of less than 5 minutes. The survey was open for 30 days (from April 24, 2020 to May 24, 2020) and it could only be filled out once. RESULTS: Overall, 678 dermatologists responded to the questionnaire; 334 members stated that there has been a reduction of more than 75% in daily work activity during the pandemic, 265 dermatologists worked fewer days per week, and 118 experienced telemedicine for the first time. Acrodermatitis was the most frequently observed skin manifestation (n = 80) followed by urticarial rash (n = 69), morbilliform rash (n = 53) and purpuric manifestation (n = 40). In regard to the role of teledermatology, 565 dermatologists reported an increased number of teleconsultations, and the number of melanomas diagnosed during the pandemic was practically 0 for 385 (56.78%) of respondents. CONCLUSION: This survey highlights that the outbreak had a negative impact on most dermatology services, with a significant reduction in consultation time spent for chronic patients, and an increased risk of missed melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) diagnosis. Moreover, our study confirms earlier findings of a wide range of skin manifestations associated with COVID-19. Mattioli 1885 2021-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7875667/ /pubmed/33614221 http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.1101a153 Text en ©2021 Conforti et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License BY-NC-4.0, which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Conforti, Claudio
Lallas, Aimilios
Argenziano, Giuseppe
Dianzani, Caterina
Di Meo, Nicola
Giuffrida, Roberta
Kittler, Harald
Malvehy, Josep
Marghoob, Ashfaq A.
Soyer, H. Peter
Zalaudek, Iris
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dermatology Practice Worldwide: Results of a Survey Promoted by the International Dermoscopy Society (IDS)
title Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dermatology Practice Worldwide: Results of a Survey Promoted by the International Dermoscopy Society (IDS)
title_full Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dermatology Practice Worldwide: Results of a Survey Promoted by the International Dermoscopy Society (IDS)
title_fullStr Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dermatology Practice Worldwide: Results of a Survey Promoted by the International Dermoscopy Society (IDS)
title_full_unstemmed Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dermatology Practice Worldwide: Results of a Survey Promoted by the International Dermoscopy Society (IDS)
title_short Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Dermatology Practice Worldwide: Results of a Survey Promoted by the International Dermoscopy Society (IDS)
title_sort impact of the covid-19 pandemic on dermatology practice worldwide: results of a survey promoted by the international dermoscopy society (ids)
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7875667/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33614221
http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.1101a153
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