Chronic hand eczema--self-management and prognosis: a study protocol for a randomised clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hand eczema has a one-year prevalence of approximately 10 % in the general Danish population. Often the disease becomes chronic with numerous implications for the individual's daily life, occupation and quality of life. However, no guidelines of self-management recommendations beyond the acute stage are given. Self-management of the disease is pivotal and involves self-monitoring of the condition, medication adherence, and preventive behaviour. Interventions best to support the individual in this ongoing process need to be developed.

Methods/design

This paper describes the design of a randomised clinical trial to test a newly developed intervention of individual counselling versus conventional information. 300 patients consecutively referred to dermatologic treatm

SUBMITTER: Mollerup A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3492110 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature