Chronic hand eczema - self-management and prognosis: a study protocol for a randomised clinical trial

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mollerup, Annette ^a   Veien, Niels K ^b   Johansen, Jeanne D ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b The Dermatological practice at Vesterbro   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic hand eczema; Nurse led consultation; Patient counselling; Protocol for Self management intervention; Randomised clinical trial; The Healthy Skin Clinic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SELF MONITORING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DENMARK; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DERMATOSES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861972802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-12-6     Document Type: Article

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