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Chronic hand eczema: A prospective analysis of the Swiss CARPE registry focusing on factors associated with clinical and quality of life improvement
- Source :
- Contact dermatitis. 79(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND Hand eczema (HE) is common and may follow a chronic disease course. So far, prospective studies investigating the risk factors for disease progression as a prerequisite for targeted prevention are scarce. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the overall association of HE-associated factors with clinical and quality of life (QoL) improvement during a follow-up of 2 years. METHODS Data of the prospective patient cohort (N = 199) followed by the Swiss chronic HE (CHE) registry on long-term patient management (CARPE-CH) were analysed by means of both classic regression and semantic map analyses. RESULTS Both severity of HE and QoL significantly improved over the period of 2 years (P
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Eczema
Dermatology
Hand Dermatoses
Severity of Illness Index
030207 dermatology & venereal diseases
03 medical and health sciences
Prospective analysis
0302 clinical medicine
Quality of life
Internal medicine
Occupational Exposure
Epidemiology
medicine
Immunology and Allergy
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Prospective Studies
Registries
Prospective cohort study
Allergic contact dermatitis
business.industry
medicine.disease
Dermatitis, Occupational
Hand eczema
Chronic hand eczema
Cohort
Chronic Disease
Quality of Life
business
Switzerland
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Details
- ISSN :
- 16000536
- Volume :
- 79
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Contact dermatitis
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8f51eb83f7d867300d5285bd907ecdc1