Assessment of clinical signs of atopic dermatitis: A systematic review and recommendation

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1337-1347

  Schmitt, Jochen ^a,b   Langan, Sinéad ^c   Deckert, Stefanie ^a   Svensson, Ake ^d   Von Kobyletzki, Laura ^e   Thomas, Kim ^f   Spuls, Phyllis ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; evidence based medicine; reliability; responsiveness; severity of illness index; systematic review; validity

Indexed keywords

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; ECZEMA AREA AND SEVERITY INDEX; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HARMONISING OUTCOME MEASURES FOR ATOPIC DERMATITIS INITIATIVE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; PATIENT ORIENTED ECZEMA MEASURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEVERITY SCORING OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS INDEX; SIX AREA SIX SIGN ATOPIC DERMATITIS INDEX SEVERITY SCORE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THREE ITEM SEVERITY SCORE; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

AD; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BODY SURFACE AREA; BSA; CONSENSUS-BASED STANDARDS FOR THE SELECTION OF HEALTH MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; COSMIN; EASI; ECZEMA AREA AND SEVERITY INDEX; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOME; OBJECTIVE SCORING ATOPIC DERMATITIS INDEX; OSCORAD; PATIENT-ORIENTED ECZEMA MEASURE; PATIENT-ORIENTED SCORING ATOPIC DERMATITIS INDEX; PO-SCORAD; POEM; RELIABILITY; RESPONSIVENESS; SA-EASI; SASSAD; SCORAD; SCORING ATOPIC DERMATITIS INDEX; SELF-ADMINISTERED ECZEMA AREA AND SEVERITY INDEX; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIX AREA, SIX SIGN ATOPIC DERMATITIS INDEX; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THE HARMONISING OUTCOME MEASURES FOR ECZEMA INITIATIVE; THREE ITEM SEVERITY SCORE; TIS; VALIDITY;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85027949797     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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