TY - JOUR
T1 - Melanoma task force (META) project in Italy
T2 - Methodology
AU - Mingozzi, Elisa
AU - Fregosi, Stefania
AU - Gandini, Sara
AU - Stanganelli, Ignazio
AU - Chiarion-Sileni, Vanna
AU - Testori, Alessandro
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - A nationwide survey of the diagnostic-therapeutic models used in Italian hospitals for the treatment of melanoma was performed. The study was conducted using paper-assisted personal interviews in hospitals throughout the country [De Vaus DA: Surveys in Social Research, ed 4. London, Routledge, 1995]. Face-to-face interviews were conducted by interviewers specialized in medical research. These 45-minute interviews took place in the office/clinic of the interviewee, during which the interviewer compiled and checked questionnaires for completeness and accuracy. In each hospital, clinicians responsible for the diagnosis, therapy or follow-up phases of melanoma care were interviewed according to their area of expertise. When possible, interviewees included a dermatologist, a surgeon and an oncologist from each hospital.
AB - A nationwide survey of the diagnostic-therapeutic models used in Italian hospitals for the treatment of melanoma was performed. The study was conducted using paper-assisted personal interviews in hospitals throughout the country [De Vaus DA: Surveys in Social Research, ed 4. London, Routledge, 1995]. Face-to-face interviews were conducted by interviewers specialized in medical research. These 45-minute interviews took place in the office/clinic of the interviewee, during which the interviewer compiled and checked questionnaires for completeness and accuracy. In each hospital, clinicians responsible for the diagnosis, therapy or follow-up phases of melanoma care were interviewed according to their area of expertise. When possible, interviewees included a dermatologist, a surgeon and an oncologist from each hospital.
KW - Italy
KW - Melanoma Task Force (META)
KW - Melanoma treatment survey
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U2 - 10.1159/000348858
DO - 10.1159/000348858
M3 - Article
C2 - 23736262
AN - SCOPUS:84878855667
VL - 226
SP - 1
EP - 2
JO - Dermatology
JF - Dermatology
SN - 1018-8665
IS - SUPPL.1
ER -