فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Medical images have been widely used for various aims, especially for theeducational purposes. Patient confidentiality and consent should be deemed crucial. In this study,we sought to assess patients’ satisfaction with taking medical photos of their skin lesions and givingtheir physicians consent to use them for educational purposes.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This multi‑method study included quantitative and qualitative phasesand was performed from April to November 2018 in the Dermatology Department of Shiraz FaghihiHospital in South Iran. Demographic information was analyzed using the descriptive statistics. Toresolve the simultaneous effect of demographic variables on patient satisfaction, we conducted linearregression. All the tests were analyzed at the 0.05 significance level.RESULTS: In this study, all the patients except one (99.5%) preferred that only a physician who had adirect role in their care can access their digital photos. Of 200 patients, 134 patients (62.33%) preferredthe utilization of hospital cameras in photographing their skin lesions (P = 0.002). On the other hand,131 patients (49.81%) did not gave consent about using a personal phone camera for photographingtheir skin lesions (P = 0.001). In the qualitative phase, two major themes (trusting attending physicianand paying attention to patient confidentiality) and five sub‑themes (considering their physiciansas professional people who always do the right thing, allowing physicians to use their images foreducational purposes, covering patient’s face, using hospital cameras, and obtaining informed consentfrom patients) were derived from qualitative semi‑structured interviews.CONCLUSION: The results showed that there is a need for developing international and nationalphotography guidelines in the era of technology development.