Psychological and educational interventions for atopic eczema in children

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Ersser, Steven J ^a   Cowdell, Fiona ^b   Latter, Sue ^c   Gardiner, Eric ^d   Flohr, Carsten ^e   Thompson, Andrew Robert ^f   Jackson, Karina ^g   Farasat, Helen ^h   Ware, Fiona ^d   Drury, Alison ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AUTOGENIC TRAINING; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIOFEEDBACK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GUIDED IMAGERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SLEEP QUALITY; SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOPICAL TREATMENT; ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVER; EDUCATION; FAMILY HEALTH; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NURSING PRACTICE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; INFANT; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STEROIDS;

EID: 84900446476     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004054.pub3     Document Type: Review

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