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Trial reportBMC dermatology2012

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

Annette Mollerup, Niels Kren Veien, Jeanne Duus Johansen

Registry-linked trialOpen access · diamondAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in BMC dermatology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01482663 (Chronic Hand Eczema - Self-management and Prognosis), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01482663 nacompletednot on this map

Chronic Hand Eczema - Self-management and Prognosis

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity Hospital, Gentofte, CopenhagenRan2011 to 2012Enrolled306ConditionsChronic Hand Eczema, Chronic Hand DermatitisArmsHealthy Skin Clinic
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Economic Burden of Chronic Hand Eczema: A Review.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2022
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Annette MollerupNational Allergy Research Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Gentofte, Denmark. Annette.Mollerup@regionh.dk
Niels Kren Veien
Jeanne Duus Johansen
Gentofte Hospital · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHand 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/

designThis 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 treatment at two different settings are individually randomised to either the intervention programme, named 'The Healthy Skin Clinic' or to the control group. Block-wise randomisation according to setting and gender is carried out.The intervention offers a tool for self-monitoring; basic and specific individual counselling; the possibility of asynchronous communication with the intervention team; and an electronic patient dialogue forum. Primary outcome variable is objective assessment of the hand eczema severity performed at baseline prior to randomisation, and repeated at six months follow-up. Secondary outcome variables are dermatology related life quality and perceived global burden of disease. DISCUSSION: The trial aims at evaluating a newly developed guidance programme which is expected to support self-management of patients referred to dermatology treatment due to chronic hand eczema. The design of the protocol is pragmatic with blinding of neither participants nor the investigator. Thus, in the interpretation of the results, the investigator takes into account effects that may be attributed to actors of the interventions rather than the intervention per se as well of potential observer bias. Inclusion criterions are wide in order to increase transferability of the results.

trial registrationThe trial is registered in ClinicalTrials.Gov with registration number NCT01482663.

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AdolescentAdultAgedChronic DiseaseCost-Benefit AnalysisCounselingDenmarkEczemaFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHand DermatosesHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMaleMiddle AgedObserver Variation

Identifiers

PMID22691871
PMCPMC3492110
OpenAlexW2122587138

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