What factors are important to patients when assessing treatment response : An international cross-sectional survey
(2017) In Acta Dermato-Venereologica 97(1). p.86-90- Abstract
This study investigated the perspective of international patients on individual symptoms of atopic dermatitis (eczema) in determining treatment response. A questionnaire was developed to evaluate the importance of symptoms from the patient’s perspective. Patients were asked: “How important are these features in deciding whether or not a treatment is working?”, and rated symptoms on a 5-point Likert scale. Patients were approached via Harmonising Outcome Measures for Eczema (HOME) collaborators and selfselected to take part in the on-line survey. Patients from 34 countries (n = 1,111) completed the survey; of these, 423 (38.3%) were parents of children with eczema. Ten items were rated as being “quite important” or “very important” by... (More)
This study investigated the perspective of international patients on individual symptoms of atopic dermatitis (eczema) in determining treatment response. A questionnaire was developed to evaluate the importance of symptoms from the patient’s perspective. Patients were asked: “How important are these features in deciding whether or not a treatment is working?”, and rated symptoms on a 5-point Likert scale. Patients were approached via Harmonising Outcome Measures for Eczema (HOME) collaborators and selfselected to take part in the on-line survey. Patients from 34 countries (n = 1,111) completed the survey; of these, 423 (38.3%) were parents of children with eczema. Ten items were rated as being “quite important” or “very important” by more than 80% of the respondents: itch, pain/soreness, skin feels hot or inflamed, bleeding, involvement of visible or sensitive body sites, cracks, sleep difficulties, amount of body affected, and weeping/oozing. These results may be of use in determining the face validity of scales from a crosscultural patients’ perspective.
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- Von Kobyletzki, Laura B. LU ; Thomas, Kim S. ; Schmitt, Jochen ; Chalmers, Joanne R. ; Deckert, Stefanie ; Aoki, Valeria ; Weisshaar, Elke ; Ahubelem Ojo, Jumoke and Svensson, Åke LU
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- Atopic, Dermatitis, Eczema, Outcome assessment
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- Medical Journals Limited
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