Educational multidisciplinary training programme for patients with chronic pruritus

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 498-501

  Bathe, Anja ^a   Matterne, Uwe ^a   Dewald, Markus ^a   Grande, Tilman ^a   Weisshaar, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burden of skin disease; Health education; Itch; Prevention; Pruritus; Training programme

Indexed keywords

PATIENT EDUCA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPREHENSION; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350164447     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0684     Document Type: Article

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