Table 38 Selected characteristics of the studies assessing diagnostic accuracy of SAF teledermatology Study Sample Population Skin Blindness of Who made Quality of Patient data size conditions the the images recording assessors* images format (% rejected) Şenel 2013 82 patients non- no yes technician Not reported Standardized referred to melanocytic form patients dermatology skin tumors department Warshaw 542 patients pigmented yes yes research 0% standardized 2009 a referred to neoplasms staff patients patient and dermatology with a lesion history department single collected by clinic of index the lesion Veteran research Affairs assistants Warshaw 728 patients yes yes research 4 unusable standardized 2009 b referred to neoplasms staff photos patients patient and dermatology (0.5%) lesion history department collected by clinic of the Veteran research Affairs assistants Oakley 2006 48 patients skin lesions no yes Medical Not reported standardized referred to student lesions patient and dermatology lesion history department collected by medical student Piccolo 2000 43 patients pigmented no yes Not Not reported Basic clinical referred to difficult to reported data sex, lesions dermatology diagnose age, site of department skin lesions lesion Rosendahl 463 Retrospective pigmented yes yes Clinician at 3/466 (0.7%) Not clear 2011 lesions analysis of skin lesions the skin consecutive (melanocytic cancer biopsied and clinic lesions Whited 1999 79 patients Skin lesions no yes A research Not reported Standardized referred to assistant history lesions veteran (can repeat administration images) dermatology department Piccolo 1999 66 patients pigmented no yes Not Not reported Basic clinical referred to skin lesions reported data sex, lesions dermatology (melanocytic age, site of department and lesion Whited 1998 9 lesions patients suspected No yes Not clear: Not reported History: referred to skin cancer. In the location, veteran sample duration and administration office size of the dermatology lesion was department recoded Barnard 2000 25 patients Suspected yes Not Not reported patient’s age, referred to cancer, reported lesions gender, dermatology benign lesions location,
Table 38 Selected characteristics of the studies assessing diagnostic accuracy of SAF teledermatology Study Sample size Population Skin conditions Blindness of the assessors* Who made the images Quality of images (% rejected) Patient data recording format Şenel 2013 82 patients patients referred to dermatology department skin tumors no yes technician Not reported Standardized form Warshaw 2009 a 542 patients with a single index lesion patients referred to dermatology department clinic of Veteran Affairs pigmented neoplasms yes yes research staff 0% standardized patient and lesion history collected by the research assistants Warshaw 2009 b 728 patients patients referred to dermatology department clinic of Veteran Affairs neoplasms yes yes research staff 4 unusable photos (0.5%) standardized patient and lesion history collected by the research assistants Oakley 2006 48 lesions patients referred to dermatology department skin lesions no yes Medical student Not reported standardized patient and lesion history collected by medical student Piccolo 2000 43 lesions patients referred to dermatology department pigmented difficult to diagnose skin lesions no yes Not reported Not reported Basic clinical data sex, age, site of lesion Rosendahl 2011 463 lesions Retrospective analysis of consecutive biopsied lesions pigmented skin lesions (melanocytic and yes yes Clinician at the skin cancer clinic 3/466 (0.7%) Not clear Whited 1999 79 lesions patients referred to veteran administration dermatology department Skin lesions no yes A research assistant (can repeat images) Not reported Standardized history Piccolo 1999 66 lesions patients referred to dermatology department pigmented skin lesions (melanocytic and no yes Not reported Not reported Basic clinical data sex, age, site of lesion Whited 1998 9 lesions patients referred to veteran administration dermatology department suspected skin cancer. No sample yes Not clear: In the office Not reported History: location, duration and size of the lesion was recoded Barnard 2000 25 lesions patients referred to dermatology Suspected cancer, benign lesions yes Not reported Not reported patient’s age, gender, location, melanocytic non-
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