The Hand Eczema Trial (HET): Design of a randomised clinical trial of the effect of classification and individual counselling versus no intervention among health-care workers with hand eczema

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ibler, Kristina S ^a   Agner, Tove ^b   Hansen, Jane L ^c   Gluud, Christian ^c  

^a ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; EMOLLIENT AGENT; PIMECROLIMUS; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HAND ECZEMA; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRURITUS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SELF EVALUATION; SKIN CARE; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN REDNESS; TREATMENT DURATION; URTICARIA; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; ECZEMA; HAND DISEASE; MEDICAL LEAVE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

COUNSELING; ECZEMA; HAND DERMATOSES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SICK LEAVE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 77956486795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-10-8     Document Type: Article

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