An educational programme for patients with psoriasis and atopic dermatitis: a prospective randomized controlled trial
(2012) BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY. 167(5). p.1025-1031- abstract
- Background: Patient education as an addition to standard treatment, with the aim of affecting care through courses is a relatively new concept in dermatology. Here we introduce a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with regard to a previously described 12 week educational programme for chronic skin diseases. Objective: The primary objective of the RCT was to measure the effect of an educational programme on disease severity and quality of life in patients with psoriasis or atopic dermatitis. Methods: We recruited 50 patients at from the Ghent University Hospital. Patients with diagnosed psoriasis or atopic dermatitis were randomised (1:1) to the intervention or control group. Clinical outcome was measured by 2 blinded observers using 'Psoriasis Area and Severity Index' or 'Scoring Atopic Dermatitis' and 'Eczema Area and Severity Index'. Quality of life was measured by dermatology-specific quality of life questionnaires. There was a follow-up period of 9 months. Results: We found that disease severity and quality of life improved significantly for psoriasis patients (n=29) but not for atopic dermatitis patients (n=21) at 3 months. Intervention patients showed a significant reduction in mean PASI (p=0.036), in mean Dermatology Life Quality Index (p=0.019) and in mean Psoriasis Disability Index (p=0.015) compared with the control group at 3 months. This improvement continued for at least 6 months, i.e. 3 months after the intervention but was lost at 9 months follow-up. Conclusion: Evaluating this form of educational programme, through means of a single-centre RCT, indicates its added value in the longer term management of psoriasis.
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- JESSICA BOSTOEN, STEFANIE BRACKE, Stefanie De Keyser and Jo Lambert UGent
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- 2012
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- journalArticle (original)
- publication status
- published
- subject
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- MANAGEMENT, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, INDEX, THERAPY
- journal title
- BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY
- Br. J. Dermatol.
- volume
- 167
- issue
- 5
- pages
- 1025 - 1031
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- Article
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- 000310542200010
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- DERMATOLOGY
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- 3.759 (2012)
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- 5/58 (2012)
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- 1 (2012)
- ISSN
- 0007-0963
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.11113.x
- language
- English
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- yes
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- A1
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- I have transferred the copyright for this publication to the publisher
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- 2968527
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- 2012-08-06 17:13:08
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- BOSTOEN, JESSICA, STEFANIE BRACKE, STEFANIE DE KEYSER, and Jo Lambert. 2012. “An Educational Programme for Patients with Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis: a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.” British Journal of Dermatology 167 (5): 1025–1031.
- APA
- BOSTOEN, J., BRACKE, S., DE KEYSER, S., & Lambert, J. (2012). An educational programme for patients with psoriasis and atopic dermatitis: a prospective randomized controlled trial. BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, 167(5), 1025–1031.
- Vancouver
- 1.BOSTOEN J, BRACKE S, DE KEYSER S, Lambert J. An educational programme for patients with psoriasis and atopic dermatitis: a prospective randomized controlled trial. BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY. 2012;167(5):1025–31.
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- BOSTOEN, JESSICA, STEFANIE BRACKE, STEFANIE DE KEYSER, et al. “An Educational Programme for Patients with Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis: a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.” BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY 167.5 (2012): 1025–1031. Print.