{"title":"Social Media Use in Dermatology in Turkey: Challenges and Tips for Patient Health.","authors":"Ayse Serap Karadag, Basak Kandi, Berna Sanlı, Hande Ulusal, Hasan Basusta, Seray Sener, Sinem Calıka","doi":"10.2196/51267","DOIUrl":"10.2196/51267","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social media has established its place in our daily lives, especially with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has become the leading source of information for dermatological literacy on various topics, ranging from skin diseases to everyday skincare and cosmetic purposes in the present digital era. Accumulated evidence indicates that accurate medical content constitutes only a tiny fraction of the exponentially growing dermatological information on digital platforms, highlighting an unmet patient need for access to evidence-based information on social media. However, there have been no recent local publications from Turkey analyzing and assessing the key elements in raising dermatological literacy and awareness in digital communication for patients. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first collaborative work between health care professionals and a social media specialist in the medical literature. Furthermore, it represents the first author-initiated implementation science attempt focusing on the use of social media in addressing dermatological problems, with the primary end point of increasing health literacy and patient benefits. The multidisciplinary expert panel was formed by 4 dermatologists with academic credentials and significant influence in public health and among patients on digital platforms. A social media specialist, who serves as a guest lecturer on \"How social media works\" at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, was invited to the panel as an expert on digital communication. The panel members had a kickoff meeting to establish the context for the discussion points. The context of the advisory board meeting was outlined under 5 headlines. Two weeks later, the panel members presented their social media account statistics, defined the main characteristics of dermatology patients on social media, and discussed their experiences with patients on digital platforms. These discussions were organized under the predefined headlines and in line with the current literature. We aimed to collect expert opinions on identifying the main characteristics of individuals interested in dermatological topics and to provide recommendations to help dermatologists increase evidence-based dermatological content on social media. Additionally, experts discussed paradigms for dermatological outreach and the role of dermatologists in reducing misleading information on digital platforms in Turkey. The main concluding remark of this study is that dermatologists should enhance their social media presence to increase evidence-based knowledge by applying the principles of patient-physician communication on digital platforms while maintaining a professional stance. To achieve this goal, dermatologists should share targeted scientific content after increasing their knowledge about the operational rules of digital channels. This includes correctly identifying the needs of those seeking information on social media and preparing a sustainable s","PeriodicalId":73553,"journal":{"name":"JMIR dermatology","volume":"7 ","pages":"e51267"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11009853/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140308198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Danny Linggonegoro, Kathryn Williams, Madeline Hlobik, Jennifer Huang
{"title":"Inequities in Technology Access and Digital Health Literacy Among Patients With Dermatologic Conditions: Cross-Sectional Analysis of the National Health Interview Survey.","authors":"Danny Linggonegoro, Kathryn Williams, Madeline Hlobik, Jennifer Huang","doi":"10.2196/51511","DOIUrl":"10.2196/51511","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Certain sociodemographic factors are associated with low technology access and digital healthy literacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":73553,"journal":{"name":"JMIR dermatology","volume":"7 ","pages":"e51511"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10998172/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140186477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Potential of Exercise on Lifestyle and Skin Function: Narrative Review.","authors":"Ryosuke Oizumi, Yoshie Sugimoto, Hiromi Aibara","doi":"10.2196/51962","DOIUrl":"10.2196/51962","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The skin is an important organ of the human body and has moisturizing and barrier functions. Factors such as sunlight and lifestyle significantly affect these skin functions, with sunlight being extremely damaging. The effects of lifestyle habits such as smoking, diet, and sleep have been studied extensively. It has been found that smoking increases the risk of wrinkles, while excessive fat and sugar intake leads to skin aging. Lack of sleep and stress are also dangerous for the skin's barrier function. In recent years, the impact of exercise habits on skin function has been a focus of study. Regular exercise is associated with increased blood flow to the skin, elevated skin temperature, and improved skin moisture. Furthermore, it has been shown to improve skin structure and rejuvenate its appearance, possibly through promoting mitochondrial biosynthesis and affecting hormone secretion. Further research is needed to understand the effects of different amounts and content of exercise on the skin.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to briefly summarize the relationship between lifestyle and skin function and the mechanisms that have been elucidated so far and introduce the expected effects of exercise on skin function.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a review of the literature using PubMed and Google Scholar repositories for relevant literature published between 2000 and 2022 with the following keywords: exercise, skin, and life habits.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Exercise augments the total spectrum power density of cutaneous blood perfusion by a factor of approximately 8, and vasodilation demonstrates an enhancement of approximately 1.5-fold. Regular exercise can also mitigate age-related skin changes by promoting mitochondrial biosynthesis. However, not all exercise impacts are positive; for instance, swimming in chlorinated pools may harm the skin barrier function. Hence, the exercise environment should be considered for its potential effects on the skin.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This review demonstrates that exercise can potentially enhance skin function retention.</p>","PeriodicalId":73553,"journal":{"name":"JMIR dermatology","volume":"7 ","pages":"e51962"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10979338/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140121502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexa Carboni, Olnita Martini, Jessica Kirk, Nathaniel A Marroquin, Corinne Ricci, Melissa Cheng, Mindy D Szeto, Kayd J Pulsipher, Robert P Dellavalle
{"title":"Does Male Skin Care Content on Instagram Neglect Skin Cancer Prevention?","authors":"Alexa Carboni, Olnita Martini, Jessica Kirk, Nathaniel A Marroquin, Corinne Ricci, Melissa Cheng, Mindy D Szeto, Kayd J Pulsipher, Robert P Dellavalle","doi":"10.2196/50431","DOIUrl":"10.2196/50431","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This research letter assesses male skin care content on social media in order to bring to light the lack of content regarding skin cancer prevention posted on Instagram for male audiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":73553,"journal":{"name":"JMIR dermatology","volume":"7 ","pages":"e50431"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10973959/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140112348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing the Utility of Multimodal Large Language Models (GPT-4 Vision and Large Language and Vision Assistant) in Identifying Melanoma Across Different Skin Tones.","authors":"Katrina Cirone, Mohamed Akrout, Latif Abid, Amanda Oakley","doi":"10.2196/55508","DOIUrl":"10.2196/55508","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The large language models GPT-4 Vision and Large Language and Vision Assistant are capable of understanding and accurately differentiating between benign lesions and melanoma, indicating potential incorporation into dermatologic care, medical research, and education.</p>","PeriodicalId":73553,"journal":{"name":"JMIR dermatology","volume":"7 ","pages":"e55508"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10973960/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140112347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Isaac Weber, Caterina Zagona-Prizio, Torunn E Sivesind, Madeline Adelman, Mindy D Szeto, Ying Liu, Stefan H Sillau, Jacquelyn Bainbridge, Jost Klawitter, Cristina Sempio, Cory A Dunnick, Maureen A Leehey, Robert P Dellavalle
{"title":"Oral Cannabidiol for Seborrheic Dermatitis in Patients With Parkinson Disease: Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Isaac Weber, Caterina Zagona-Prizio, Torunn E Sivesind, Madeline Adelman, Mindy D Szeto, Ying Liu, Stefan H Sillau, Jacquelyn Bainbridge, Jost Klawitter, Cristina Sempio, Cory A Dunnick, Maureen A Leehey, Robert P Dellavalle","doi":"10.2196/49965","DOIUrl":"10.2196/49965","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Seborrheic dermatitis (SD) affects 18.6%-59% of persons with Parkinson disease (PD), and recent studies provide evidence that oral cannabidiol (CBD) therapy could reduce sebum production in addition to improving motor and psychiatric symptoms in PD. Therefore, oral CBD could be useful for improving symptoms of both commonly co-occurring conditions.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study investigates whether oral CBD therapy is associated with a decrease in SD severity in PD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Facial photographs were collected as a component of a randomized (1:1 CBD vs placebo), parallel, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial assessing the efficacy of a short-term 2.5 mg per kg per day oral sesame solution CBD-rich cannabis extract (formulated to 100 mg/mL CBD and 3.3 mg/mL THC) for reducing motor symptoms in PD. Participants took 1.25 mg per kg per day each morning for 4 ±1 days and then twice daily for 10 ±4 days. Reviewers analyzed the photographs independently and provided a severity ranking based on the Seborrheic Dermatitis Area and Severity Index (SEDASI) scale. Baseline demographic and disease characteristics, as well as posttreatment SEDASI averages and the presence of SD, were analyzed with 2-tailed t tests and Pearson χ<sup>2</sup> tests. SEDASI was analyzed with longitudinal regression, and SD was analyzed with generalized estimating equations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 27 participants received a placebo and 26 received CBD for 16 days. SD severity was low in both groups at baseline, and there was no treatment effect. The risk ratio for patients receiving CBD, post versus pre, was 0.69 (95% CI 0.41-1.18; P=.15), compared to 1.20 (95% CI 0.88-1.65; P=.26) for the patients receiving the placebo. The within-group pre-post change was not statistically significant for either group, but they differed from each other (P=.07) because there was an estimated improvement for the CBD group and an estimated worsening for the placebo group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study does not provide solid evidence that oral CBD therapy reduces the presence of SD among patients with PD. While this study was sufficiently powered to detect the primary outcome (efficacy of CBD on PD motor symptoms), it was underpowered for the secondary outcomes of detecting changes in the presence and severity of SD. Multiple mechanisms exist through which CBD can exert beneficial effects on SD pathogenesis. Larger studies, including participants with increased disease severity and longer treatment periods, may better elucidate treatment effects and are needed to determine CBD's true efficacy for affecting SD severity.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03582137; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03582137.</p>","PeriodicalId":73553,"journal":{"name":"JMIR dermatology","volume":"7 ","pages":"e49965"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10964137/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140103013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Colleen M Klein, Torunn E Sivesind, Robert P Dellavalle
{"title":"From the Cochrane Library: Visual Inspection and Dermoscopy, Alone or in Combination, for Diagnosing Keratinocyte Skin Cancers in Adults.","authors":"Colleen M Klein, Torunn E Sivesind, Robert P Dellavalle","doi":"10.2196/41657","DOIUrl":"10.2196/41657","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73553,"journal":{"name":"JMIR dermatology","volume":"7 ","pages":"e41657"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10958336/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140051245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Potential Use of ChatGPT in Responding to Patient Questions and Creating Patient Resources.","authors":"Kelly Reynolds, Trilokraj Tejasvi","doi":"10.2196/48451","DOIUrl":"10.2196/48451","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>ChatGPT (OpenAI) is an artificial intelligence-based free natural language processing model that generates complex responses to user-generated prompts. The advent of this tool comes at a time when physician burnout is at an all-time high, which is attributed at least in part to time spent outside of the patient encounter within the electronic medical record (documenting the encounter, responding to patient messages, etc). Although ChatGPT is not specifically designed to provide medical information, it can generate preliminary responses to patients' questions about their medical conditions and can precipitately create educational patient resources, which do inevitably require rigorous editing and fact-checking on the part of the health care provider to ensure accuracy. In this way, this assistive technology has the potential to not only enhance a physician's efficiency and work-life balance but also enrich the patient-physician relationship and ultimately improve patient outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":73553,"journal":{"name":"JMIR dermatology","volume":"7 ","pages":"e48451"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10955382/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140041082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katie Roster, Rebecca B Kann, Banu Farabi, Christian Gronbeck, Nicholas Brownstone, Shari R Lipner
{"title":"Readability and Health Literacy Scores for ChatGPT-Generated Dermatology Public Education Materials: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Sunscreen and Melanoma Questions.","authors":"Katie Roster, Rebecca B Kann, Banu Farabi, Christian Gronbeck, Nicholas Brownstone, Shari R Lipner","doi":"10.2196/50163","DOIUrl":"10.2196/50163","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73553,"journal":{"name":"JMIR dermatology","volume":"7 ","pages":"e50163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10955394/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140041083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laurie Groshon, Molly E Waring, Aaron J Blashill, Kristen Dean, Sanaya Bankwalla, Lindsay Palmer, Sherry Pagoto
{"title":"A Content Analysis of Indoor Tanning Twitter Chatter During COVID-19 Shutdowns: Cross-Sectional Qualitative Study.","authors":"Laurie Groshon, Molly E Waring, Aaron J Blashill, Kristen Dean, Sanaya Bankwalla, Lindsay Palmer, Sherry Pagoto","doi":"10.2196/54052","DOIUrl":"10.2196/54052","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Indoor tanning is a preventable risk factor for skin cancer. Statewide shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in temporary closures of tanning businesses. Little is known about how tanners reacted to losing access to tanning businesses.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to analyze Twitter (subsequently rebranded as X) chatter about indoor tanning during the statewide pandemic shutdowns.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We collected tweets from March 15 to April 30, 2020, and performed a directed content analysis of a random sample of 20% (1165/5811) of tweets from each week. The 2 coders independently rated themes (κ=0.67-1.0; 94%-100% agreement).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>About half (589/1165, 50.6%) of tweets were by people unlikely to indoor tan, and most of these mocked tanners or the act of tanning (562/589, 94.9%). A total of 34% (402/1165) of tweets were posted by users likely to indoor tan, and most of these (260/402, 64.7%) mentioned missing tanning beds, often citing appearance- or mood-related reasons or withdrawal. Some tweets by tanners expressed a desire to purchase or use home tanning beds (90/402, 22%), while only 3.9% (16/402) mentioned tanning alternatives (eg, self-tanner). Very few tweets (29/1165, 2.5%) were public health messages about the dangers of indoor tanning.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings revealed that during statewide shutdowns, half of the tweets about indoor tanning were mocking tanning bed users and the tanned look, while about one-third were indoor tanners reacting to their inability to access tanning beds. Future work is needed to understand emerging trends in tanning post pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":73553,"journal":{"name":"JMIR dermatology","volume":"7 ","pages":"e54052"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10949128/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140023549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}