Table 2 Data for 20 teledermatology studies in which travel avoided was estimated
Author | Year | Percentage of patients who avoided travel | Study design (a) | Sample size | Weight (b) | Country | Modality (c) | Urgency | Referral setting | Patient age | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whited J [10] | 2002 | 18.5 | 3 | 135 | 8 | USA | S/F | Elective | Primary care | Mean 61 years (SD 13.8) | Â |
Bowns I [11] | 2006 | 42.4 | 3 | 92 | 8 | UK | S/F | Elective | Primary care | 16 years and over | Excludes children |
White H [12] | 1999 | 25.0 | 2 | 40 | 4 | UK | S/F | Elective | Primary care | Not stated | Â |
Loane M [13] | 2000 | 31.3 | 3 | 96 | 8 | UK | S/F | Elective | Primary care | 7 months to 81 years | Loane 2000 is two arms of the same study |
Taylor P [14] | 2001 | 31.4 | 2 | 376 | 8 | UK | S/F | Elective | Hospital OPD clinic | Not stated | 376 tele-assessments; 194 patients |
Knol A [15] | 2006 | 51.4 | 2 | 306 | 8 | Netherlands | S/F | Elective | Primary care | 0-96 years (in larger sample of 505 patients) | Â |
Wootton R [16] | 2000 | 53.9 | 3 | 102 | 8 | UK | R/T | Elective | Primary care | 4 months to 89 years (in larger sample of 204 patients) | Â |
Loane M [13] | 2000 | 55.2 | 3 | 96 | 8 | UK | R/T | Elective | Primary care | 7 months to 81 years | Loane 2000 is two arms of the same study |
Lamminen H [17] | 2000 | 72.0 | 2 | 25 | 7 | Finland | R/T | Elective | Primary care | Mean 45 years (range 4-92) | Â |
Granlund H [18] | 2003 | 81.3 | 1 | 16 | 4 | Finland | R/T | Elective | Primary care | Mean 40 years (SD 21), both groups | 70% of 23 patients in video group said they had not visited hospital at 6-month follow-up |
Chen T [19] | 2010 | 94.0 | 1 | 429 | 6 | USA | S/F | Elective | Primary care | Mean 5.9 years (range 0-12 years 11 months) | Only children (12 years or younger) |
Romero G [5] | 2009 | 70.0 | 3 | 368 | 9 | Spain | Hybrid | Elective | Primary care | Mean 36 years (range 2 months -86 years) [but this includes an extra control group] | 192 pts had S/F alone; 176 had S/F and then Real-time |
Eminovic N [20] | 2009 | 39.0 | 3 | 200 | 9 | Netherlands | S/F | Elective | Primary care | Mean approx 43 years | Â |
Moreno-Ramirez D [21] | 2007 | 51.2 | 2 | 2009 | 8 | Spain | S/F | ?Urgent | Primary care | Mean 41.5 years | Pigmented skin lesions -- possible skin cancer |
Klaz I [22] | 2005 | 77.9 | 2 | 435 | 7 | Israel | S/F | Elective | Primary care | Mean 22.4 years (range 18-39) | Excludes children |
Eminovic N [23] | 2003 | 22.9 | 2 | 96 | 7 | Netherlands | S/F | Elective | Primary care | Mean 35 years | Patients provided the images |
Oakley A [24] | 2000 | 88.0 | 2 | 109 | 6 | New Zealand | R/T | Elective | Primary care | Mean 41 years (range 1 month to 94 years) [may include non-telederm patients as well) | Â |
Burgiss S [25] | 1997 | 92.0 | 1 | 87 | 4 | USA | R/T | Elective | Primary care | Not stated | Â |
Gilmour E [26] | 1998 | 50.8 | 3 | 61 | 8 | UK | R/T | Elective | Primary care | 3 months to 83 years (for all 126 patients) | Â |
Jemec G [27] | 2008 | 27.3 | 1 | 121 | 4 | Denmark (Faroes) | S/F | Elective | Primary care | Mean 37 years (SD 20) | Â |