Publications by authors named "Paulina M Young"

Introduction: Many vitiligo patients seek healthcare information online. However, the accuracy and quality of this information is unknown.

Objective: To determine the accuracy, quality, viewer engagement, and viewer experience of vitiligo videos on social media.

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Follicular porokeratosis is a rare variant of porokeratosis in which the coronoid lamellae are confined to hair follicles. It classically presents with annular plaques with a surrounding keratotic ridge. However, the clinical presentation has shown significant variation in reported cases.

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Background: The impact of online care on patients' functional and psychological outcomes is critical to determine yet still unknown.

Objective: To evaluate how a novel online health model that facilitates physician-patient collaboration compares with in-person care for improving functional status and mental health of patients with psoriasis.

Methods: This 12-month randomized controlled equivalency trial randomly assigned patients with psoriasis 1:1 to receive online or in-person care.

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Importance: Innovative, online models of specialty-care delivery are critical to improving patient access and outcomes.

Objective: To determine whether an online, collaborative connected-health model results in equivalent clinical improvements in psoriasis compared with in-person care.

Design, Setting, And Participants: The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Psoriasis Teledermatology Trial is a 12-month, pragmatic, randomized clinical equivalency trial to evaluate the effect of an online model for psoriasis compared with in-person care.

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Little is known about wound healing in psoriasis. We performed a cohort study examining differences in wound healing complications between patients with and without psoriasis. Psoriasis patients with traumatic wounds were matched 1:3 to non-psoriasis patients with traumatic wounds based on age, gender, and body mass index (BMI).

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