Quality of life and psychosocial issues are important outcome measures in eczema treatment

Journal of Dermatological Treatment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 83-89

  Hon, Kam Lun Ellis ^a   Pong, N H ^a   Poon, Terence C W ^a   Chan, Dorothy F Y ^a   Leung, T F ^a   Lai, Kelly Y C ^a   Wing, Y K ^a   Luk, Nai Ming ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Eczema; Psychosocial symptoms; Quality of life; Skin hydration; Stress; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDREN DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; CHINESE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSULTATION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOTTINGHAM ECZEMA SEVERITY SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN HYDRATION; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; STRESS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84924308422     PISSN: 09546634     EISSN: 14711753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09546634.2013.873762     Document Type: Article

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