Acne Care Online: developing online resources

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Acne Care Online: Supporting self-management for acne by developing online resources

• IRAS ID

  315247

• Contact name

  Miriam Santer

• Contact email

  M.Santer@soton.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Southampton

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 9 months, 12 days

• Research summary

  Acne is very common, frequently causes distress, low self-confidence, and may lead to permanent scarring, long-lasting dark marks, and depression. Treatment of acne is a major cause of antibiotic use amongst young people, driving antibiotic resistance. People often give up on topical treatments because they are not given full advice on how to use them. For example, they don’t know how to reduce the risk of stinging and redness and that it takes several weeks for treatments to start working. This study aims to improve the health of people with acne by increasing use of effective treatments and reducing overuse of long-term oral antibiotics.

  Methods
  1) Interview young people with acne and parents/carers to explore barriers and facilitators to treatment use and help-seeking
  2) Develop an online toolkit to support people with acne to obtain and use effective acne treatments, particularly promoting regular use and avoiding side effects with topical treatments
  3) Refine the toolkits through feedback by asking people to use them and to 'think aloud' while they are using them
  4) Interview health professionals to find out more about how best to promote the toolkit to people with acne

• REC name

  London - Camden & Kings Cross Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  22/PR/0818

• Date of REC Opinion

  19 Jul 2022

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion