Hands4U: The effectiveness of a multifaceted implementation strategy on behaviour related to the prevention of hand eczema - A randomised controlled trial among healthcare workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 492-499

  Van Der Meer, Esther W C ^a   Boot, Cécile R L ^a   Twisk, Jos W R ^b   Coenraads, Pieter Jan ^c   Jungbauer, Frank H W ^c   Van Der Gulden, Joost W J ^d   Anema, Johannes R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; FEMALE; GLOVE; HAND ECZEMA; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; LOTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

IMPLEMENTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AWARENESS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; GOSSYPIUM; HAND DERMATOSES; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SKIN CREAM;

EID: 84902328526     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-102034     Document Type: Article

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