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Title: | What Factors are Important to Patients when Assessing Treatment Response: An International Cross-sectional Survey |
Authors: | KOBYLETZKI, Laura B. von; THOMAS, Kim S.; SCHMITT, Jochen; CHALMERS, Joanne R.; DECKERT, Stefanie; AOKI, Valeria; WEISSHAAR, Elke; OJO, Jumoke Ahubelem; SVENSSON, Ake |
Citation: | ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA, v.97, n.1, p.86-90, 2017 |
Abstract: | This study investigated the perspective of international patients on individual symptoms of atopic dermatitis (eczema) in determining treatment response. A questionnaire was developed to evaluate the importance of symptoms from the patient's perspective. Patients were asked: ""How important are these features in deciding whether or not a treatment is working?"", and rated symptoms on a 5-point Likert scale. Patients were approached via Harmonising Outcome Measures for Eczema (HOME) collaborators and self-selected to take part in the on-line survey. Patients from 34 countries (n = 1,111) completed the survey; of these, 423 (38.3%) were parents of children with eczema. Ten items were rated as being ""quite important"" or ""very important"" by more than 80% of the respondents: itch, pain/soreness, skin feels hot or inflamed, bleeding, involvement of visible or sensitive body sites, cracks, sleep difficulties, amount of body affected, and weeping/oozing. These results may be of use in determining the face validity of scales from a cross-cultural patients' perspective. |
Appears in Collections: | Artigos e Materiais de Revistas Científicas - FM/MDT Artigos e Materiais de Revistas Científicas - LIM/56 |
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