Strategies to Improve Adherence to Skin Self-examination and Other Self-management Practices in People at High Risk of Melanoma: A Scoping Review of Randomized Clinical Trials - PubMed
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Using an adaptation of the World Health Organization framework for clinical adherence, this scoping review of randomized clinical trials identified key concepts as well as gaps in the way adherence is approached in design, conduct, and reporting of trials for skin self-examination and other self-man ...
Discussion: Using an adaptation of the World Health Organization framework for clinical adherence, this scoping review of randomized clinical trials identified key concepts as well as gaps in the way adherence is approached in design, conduct, and reporting of trials for skin self-examination and other self-management practices in people at high risk of melanoma. These findings may usefully guide future trials and clinical practice; evaluation of adherence strategies may be possible using a Study Within A Trial (SWAT) framework within host trials.
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Barbara Honig2yrI offer full skin exams to every patient because they are so important. Yet despite how many melanomas I have incidentally diagnosed on patients during full skin exams who walk into the office with unrelated complaints, most melanomas are initially detected by patients themselves when noticing a new or changing mole upon self-examination. Therefore, self-exams are crucial and I tell every patient to do a skin self-exam every 3 months. It could save their lives.