Hands4U: A multifaceted strategy to implement guideline-based recommendations to prevent hand eczema in health care workers: Design of a randomised controlled trial and (cost) effectiveness evaluation

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Van Der Meer, Esther W C ^a   Boot, Cécile R L ^a   Jungbauer, Frank H W ^b   Van Der Klink, Jac J L ^b   Rustemeyer, Thomas ^a   Coenraads, Pieter ^b   Van Der Gulden, Joost W ^c   Anema, Johannes R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ECZEMA; FOLLOW UP; HAND DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECZEMA; EFFICIENCY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAND DERMATOSES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052028527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-669     Document Type: Review

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