Professional Cleaners' and Healthcare Workers' Ability to Recognize Hand Eczema.

ABSTRACT: Timely intervention reduces the risk of a poor prognosis in hand eczema, making early recognition of symptoms important in high-risk professions. However, limited data exist regarding the ability of cleaners and healthcare workers to recognize hand eczema. The aim of this study was to examine cleaners' and healthcare workers' ability to recognize hand eczema in clinical photographs and to assess the severity of the disease. Cleaners and healthcare workers completed a questionnaire consisting of 16 questions and participated in a structured interview referring to a validated photographic severity guide for chronic hand eczema, which comprised clinical photographs of hand eczema at varying levels of severity. Eighty cleaners and 201 healthcare workers (total N = 281) participated in the stud

SUBMITTER: Glenn Ullum A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10964021 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature