Assessment of information and education about topical corticosteroids in dermatology outpatient departments: Experience from Turkey

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 652-658

  Basak, Pinar Y ^a,b   Ozturk, M ^a   Baysal, V ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Education materials; Questionnaire; Topical corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; ATTITUDE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLEGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DRUG INFORMATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DISEASE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRIA; TELANGIECTASIA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 0242624572     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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