MelaTools-Q

MelaTools-Q estimated the prevalence of patients at above population risk of melanoma by surveying 4,000 people attending ten general practices in the East of England. Ten general practices from Suffolk, Essex, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire participated. We used an iPad-based method to obtain questionnaire data using a validated clinical risk estimation tool.

People aged 20 years and over attending the general practice as a patient or companion were invited to take part. Researchers approached people in the reception area and asked them to complete a short electronic questionnaire on a tablet computer. These were questions from an existing melanoma clinical risk estimation tool, as well as some personal questions.

Publication
Usher-Smith JA, Kassianos A, Emery JD, Abel GA, Teoh Z, Hall S, Neal RD, Murchie P, Walter FM. Identifying people at higher risk of melanoma across the UK: a primary‐care‐based electronic survey. British Journal of Dermatology. 2017. doi:10.1111/bjd.15181