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SynthesisArchives of dermatological research2020

Efficacy of health education on treatment of children with atopic dermatitis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Yunling Li, Ting Han, Wei Li, Yin Li, Xiaoxuan Guo, Lei Zheng

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Synthesis in Archives of dermatological research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yunling LiDepartment of Dermatology, Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Zhejiang, No. 3333 Binsheng Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Ting HanDepartment of Children's Health Care, Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Zhejiang, Hangzhou, China.
Wei LiDepartment of Dermatology, Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Zhejiang, No. 3333 Binsheng Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yin LiDepartment of Dermatology, Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Zhejiang, No. 3333 Binsheng Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Xiaoxuan GuoDepartment of Dermatology, Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Zhejiang, No. 3333 Binsheng Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Lei ZhengDepartment of Dermatology, Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Zhejiang, No. 3333 Binsheng Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. 6505013@zju.edu.cn.

Funding

Department of Education of Zhejiang Province 2016148438Department of Education of Zhejiang Province Y201738451
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atopic dermatitis (AD) seriously affects the quality of life of children and their families. This meta-analysis aimed to comprehensively analyze health education on the treatment of children with AD and the quality of life of the patient's family. A comprehensive search of reference lists in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Wanfang, CNKI, and VIP databases from inception until April 2018 was performed. The weighted mean difference (WMD) with 95% confidence interval (CI) was calculated. A total of eight randomized controlled trials studies were included in the analysis. The heterogeneity among enrolled studies was statistically significant, and the random effects model was used. The meta-analysis showed that the health education group had significantly lower SCORing Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD) (WMD = 7.57 [95% CI 2.77, 12.36], P = 0.002 at 3 months; WMD = 6.88 [95% CI 2.68, 11.08], P = 0.001 at 6 months; WMD = 8.67 [95% CI 3.67, 13.67], P = 0.0007 at 12 months), objective SCORAD (WMD = 7.60 [95% CI 1.37, 13.83], P = 0.02 at 6 months; WMD = 5.15 [95% CI 1.89, 8.41], P = 0.002 at 12 months), and Infants' Dermatology Quality of Life Index (WMD = 0.96 [95% CI 0.06, 1.86], P = 0.04 at 3 months, and WMD = 1.50 [95% CI 0.33, 2.67] at 6 months, P = 0.01) scores compared with the non-health education group. Health education could improve the treatment of children with AD and promote disease control.

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Quality of LifeChildDermatitis, AtopicHealth EducationHumansParentsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSeverity of Illness IndexTreatment OutcomeChildren atopic dermatitisHealth educationMeta-analysis

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PMID32296923

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