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The usefulness of detailed information to patients with contact allergy
Author(s) -
Edman Björn
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1988.tb02866.x
Subject(s) - contact allergy , medicine , allergy , lanolin , retrospective cohort study , allergic contact dermatitis , dermatology , contact dermatitis , family medicine , surgery , immunology , chemistry , organic chemistry
To find out if patients with contact allergy are helped by computerized information lists, a retrospective study was carried out on 58 patients with contact allergy to lanolin, traced through our local database ADLUK. All were sent a questionnaire about their usage of the information list, clearance of their eczema, their education and other details. Clearance of the patient's eczema was found to correlate with use of the information list. It was also found that the effectiveness of the information depended on factors such as education, family circumstances, ethnic background and, most of all, how and where the information list was used.