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NCT Number: NCT02375659

Black Patients' Lived Experiences and Perceptions of Skin of Color Clinics

Across the U.S. Skin of Color (SOC) clinics have been established with the goal of providing medical care and supporting research related to patients with skin of color. There have been no formal studies evaluating why patients seek medical care at SOC clinics or treatment outcomes. Reasons may include past experiences with other providers, the perception that providers working in these clinics have a special interest or knowledge in caring for patients with skin of color and thus may provide better care, the expectation of cultural sensitivity, the hope that their provider may have a similar ethnic background, and/or ease of communication with their provider. Through focus group discussions we aim to identify the factors influencing a patient's choice to seek medical care at a SOC clinic and to gain insight into the presence and impact of racial concordance between provider and patient. The current study will focus on self-identified African American patients with interest in conducting similar sessions with patients of other ethnicities and races in the future.

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Key information

Conditions

Perception of Skin of Color Clinics in African Americans

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology

Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Evaluated in the Northwestern Center for Ethnic Skin between February 1, 2015 and February 1, 2016.
Evaluated by Drs. Stavonnie Patterson or Roopal Kundu
Age 18 or older
Self identified as African American/Black
All subjects must have given signed, informed consent prior to participation in study.

Exclusion criteria

English speaking as interpreters not available
Existing mental health conditions that may interfere with focus group discussion

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Common thematic responses of discussion groups

Time frame: 100 minutes

Audiotapes of focus group discussions will be transcribed, and the transcripts will be analyzed via a 'long-hand' inductive approach by two dermatologists and one psychologist. For each of the 8 posed focus group questions, the reviewers will independently induce a common thematic response. Collectively, they will then compare their independently derived themes, identifying themes of agreement and disagreement. Areas of disagreement will be further reviewed until a mutually agreed upon final set of themes is identified. The raw data corresponding to the item in question will be classified according to its theme.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Northwestern University

Other

Collaborators

University of Wisconsin, Stout

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2015
Primary completion: 2017
Study completion: 2017
First posted: Mar 2, 2015
Registry last updated: Oct 26, 2017

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