Translating patient-oriented eczema measure (POEM) scores into clinical practice by suggesting severity strata derived using anchor-based methods

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1326-1332

  Charman, C R ^a   Venn, A J ^b   Ravenscroft, J C ^b   Williams, H C ^b  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY SKIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT ORIENTED ECZEMA MEASURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN PRURITUS; SLEEP DISORDER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889000610     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12590     Document Type: Article

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