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Table 2 Clinical photography use and purpose

From: Smartphone use by government dermatology practitioners in Kuwait: a self-reported questionnaire based cross-sectional study

Clinical Photography:

Use and Purpose

Gender

M/F (50/51)

Nationality

K/NK (61/40)

Age (yrs)

≤40/> 40

(56/45)

Position

BR + C/R + S

(23/78)

To take clinical photographs of patients

31/35

36/30

33/33

19/47

p-value

0.484

0.099

0.131

0.048

To gain advice from consultants

22/33

31/24

31/24

12/43

p-value

0.037

0.365

0.839

0.803

For treatment/disease monitoring

26/31

33/24

26/31

15/42

p-value

0.373

0.559

0.024

0.334

To share with colleagues

24/29

32/21

28/25

14/39

p-value

0.373

0.997

0.578

0.359

For teaching purposes

19/22

26/15

22/19

14/27

p-value

0.599

0.608

0.765

0.024

For research and publications

11/11

12/10

10/12

8/14

p-value

0.958

0.526

0.286

0.086

  1. M = male, F = female, K=Kuwaiti, NK = non-Kuwaiti, BR = board resident, C = consultant, R = registrar and S = specialist