1. What is your gender? |
Female |
Male |
2. How old are you? |
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3. In which environment do you practice dermatology? |
Private office |
Private hospital or clinic |
University hospital |
Public outpatient clinic |
4. How long have you been practicing dermatology as a specialist? |
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5. What is the number of patients you see per month? |
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6. What is the mean number of skin cancer patients (all types) you see per month? |
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7. Did you receive dermoscopy training as part of your residency or graduate degree in dermatology? |
a) Yes |
b) No |
8. In addition to your training during residency or graduate school, what type of training in dermoscopy did you undergo? |
a) Dermoscopy course |
b) Online dermoscopy course |
c) Conferences/Congresses |
d) Books/Atlases |
e) Mentor/Tutor |
f) No training |
9. Do you use dermoscopy in your daily practice? |
a) Yes |
b) No |
10. If you do not use dermoscopy, please indicate the reasons why not: |
a) I do not consider it useful for my practice |
b) The equipment is very expensive |
c) The dermatoscope is not available in my office |
d) I do not have training in dermoscopy |
e) I am not confident enough in my skills for dermatoscopic diagnosis |
f) It takes too long |
g) It is not well reimbursed |
h) Others |
11. How long have you been using dermoscopy? |
a) < 2 years |
b) 2 - 5 years |
c) > 5 years |
12. What type of dermatoscope do you use? |
a) Non-polarized immersion contact (contact with skin, interface liquid, e.g., oil, alcohol) |
b) Polarized light dermatoscope |
c) Dermatoscope with digital camera |
d) Digital videodermoscopy (e.g., Fotofinder, Molemax, etc.) |
13. In your daily practice, how often do you use dermoscopy? |
a) Less than once/month |
b) 1 - 4 times/month |
c) More than once/week |
d) At least once/day |
14. In your opinion, how useful is dermoscopy for the following? |
a) Diagnosis of melanoma: Useful/Not very useful/Not useful |
b) Monitoring of melanocytic lesions: Useful/Not very useful/Not useful |
c) Diagnosis of pigmented tumors: Useful/Not very useful/Not useful |
d) Diagnosis of non-pigmented tumors: Useful/Not very useful/Not useful |
e) Diagnosis of inflammatory lesions: Useful/Not very useful/Not useful |
f. Follow-up of non-melanocytic skin lesions: Useful/Not very useful/Not useful |
g) Follow-up of non-melanocytic skin lesions: Useful/Not very useful/Not useful |
15. When examining patients with the following skin problems, in what percentage of cases do you use dermoscopy: |
a) Pigmented tumors: < 10% / 11%-30% / 31%-50% / 51%-70% / > 70% of cases |
b. Non-pigmented tumors: < 10% / 11%-30% / 31%-50% / 51%-70% / > 70% of cases |
ç. Inflammatory lesions: < 10% / 11%-30% / 31%-50% / 51%-70% / > 70% of cases |
16. Which algorithm do you regularly use for the dermatoscopic diagnosis of pigmented lesions? |
a) ABCD rule |
b) CASH |
c) Menzies algorithm |
d) Seven-point rule |
e) Pattern analysis |
f) I do not systematically use any particular algorithm |
17. How confident are you in your dermoscopy skills for assessing the following types of lesions? |
a) Pigmented tumors: Confident/Not very confident/Not confident |
b) Non-pigmented tumors: Confident/Not very confident/Not confident |
c) Inflammatory lesions: Confident/Not very confident/Not confident |
18. In your opinion, the main advantages of using dermoscopy include: Strongly agree/Partially agree/Disagree/Indifferent |
a) Diagnosis of early-stage melanoma |
b) Allows lesion follow-up |
c) Reduces the number of biopsies or unnecessary excisions |
d) Increases confidence in the clinical diagnosis |
e) Improves the way images are stored |
f) Reduces patient anxiety |
g) Improves documentation for legal purposes |
h) Increases remuneration |
19. Do you think that the use of dermoscopy has increased the number of melanomas detected by you when compared with naked-eye examination? |
a) Yes |
b) No |
20. In your practice, how did the use of dermoscopy influence the number of excisions of benign lesions that you performed? |
a) Decrease in the number of excisions of benign lesions |
b) Increase in the number of excisions of benign lesions |
c) No change in the number of excisions of benign lesions |