Facial-Aging App Availability in Waiting Rooms as a Potential Opportunity for Skin Cancer Prevention

Titus J Brinker; Joachim Klode; Stefan Esser; Dirk Schadendorf

doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2018.1907

Facial-Aging App Availability in Waiting Rooms as a Potential Opportunity for Skin Cancer Prevention

JAMA Dermatol. 2018 Sep 1;154(9):1085-1086. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2018.1907.

Authors

Titus J Brinker^{1

2

3

4}, Joachim Klode^{1

4}, Stefan Esser^{1

4}, Dirk Schadendorf^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany.
² National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Department of Translational Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
³ University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of Dermatology, Heidelberg, Germany.
⁴ German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

Abstract

This survey study explores whether a single exposure of adult patients in a waiting room to an app that approximates facial UV damage may lead to altered UV protection behavior.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Computers, Handheld
Face
Female
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Male
Middle Aged
Mobile Applications*
Motivation
Photography
Skin Aging*
Skin Neoplasms / prevention & control*
Sunlight / adverse effects*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult