Age related, structured educational programmes for the management of atopic dermatitis in children and adolescents: multicentre, randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the effects of age related, structured educational programmes on the management of moderate to severe atopic dermatitis in childhood and adolescence.

Design

Multicentre, randomised controlled trial.

Setting

Seven hospitals in Germany.

Participants

Parents of children with atopic dermatitis aged 3 months to 7 years (n = 274) and 8-12 years (n = 102), adolescents with atopic dermatitis aged 13-18 years (n = 70), and controls (n = 244, n = 83, and n = 50, respectively).

Interventions

Group sessions of standardised intervention programmes for atopic dermatitis once weekly for six weeks or no education (control group).

Main outcome measures

Severity of eczema (scoring of atopic dermatitis scale), subjective severity (standardised

SUBMITTER: Staab D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1444870 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature