Medical Selfies: Emotional Impacts and Practical Challenges
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2020
Author(s)
Diethei, Daniel
;
Colley, Ashley
;
Kalving, Matilda
;
Salmela, Tarja
;
Häkkilä, Jonna
Abstract
Medical images taken with mobile phones by patients, i.e. medical sel!es, allow screening, monitoring and diagnosis of skin lesions. While mobile teledermatology can provide good diagnostic accuracy for skin tumours, there is little research about emotional and physical aspects when taking medical sel!es of body parts. We conducted a survey with 100 participants and a qualitative study with twelve participants, in which they took images of eight body parts including intimate areas. Participants had di"culties taking medical sel!es of their shoulder blades and buttocks. For the genitals, they prefer to visit a doctor rather than sending images. Taking the images triggered privacy concerns, memories of past experiences with body parts and raised awareness of the bodily medical state. We present recommendations for the design of mobile apps to address the usability and emotional impacts of taking medical sel!es.
Keywords
Sel!es
E-health
M-health
Telemedicine
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