Managing childhood eczema: Qualitative study exploring carers' experiences of barriers and facilitators to treatment adherence

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2493-2501

  Santer, Miriam ^a   Burgess, Hana ^a   Yardley, Lucy ^a   Ersser, Steven J ^b   Lewis Jones, Sue ^c   Muller, Ingrid ^a   Hugh, Catherine ^d   Little, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adherence; Atopic eczema; Children; Concordance; Dermatitis; Dermatology nursing; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EMOLLIENT AGENT;

ADHERENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONCORDANCE; DERMATITIS; DERMATOLOGY NURSING; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADHERENCE; ATOPIC ECZEMA; CHILDREN; CONCORDANCE; DERMATITIS; DERMATOLOGY NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECZEMA; EMOLLIENTS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84885182663     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12133     Document Type: Article

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