Patient education in atopic dermatitis: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects children and adults. Poor treatment adherence in AD requires interventions to promote self-management; patient education in chronic diseases is key to self-management. Many international AD management guidelines published to date include a recommendation for educating patients as part of their treatment but there are no formal recommendations on how to deliver this knowledge. MAIN: We performed a scoping review to map the existing literature on patient education practices in AD and to highlight the clinical need for improved patient education in AD. The literature search was performed with the online databases MEDLINE, Embase, Grey Matters, ClinicalTrails.gov and the International Clinical Trials

SUBMITTER: Wilken B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10576377 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature