NCT01482663

Chronic Hand Eczema - Self-management and Prognosis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 306 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Gentofte, Copenhagen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Hand eczema is a common disease which often gives a chronic course thus affecting many functions in daily life. The body of evidence related to self-management of chronic hand eczema is poor. Better methods to support self-management of patients with chronic hand eczema may potentially improve the prognosis of a disease which is both a tremendous burden to the individual and to the society. The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the effect of a newly designed guidance programme offering individual counselling compared to conventional information with written information sheets.

Detailed description

Detailed description of the trial and the intervention can be found in the publication: Mollerup A, Veien NK, Johansen JD. Chronic hand eczema--self-management and prognosis: a study protocol for a randomised clinical trial'. BMC Dermatol. 2012 Jun 12;12:6. doi: 10.1186/1471-5945-12-6. PMID: 22691871 \[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE\] Free PMC Article

Conditions

• Chronic Hand Eczema
• Chronic Hand Dermatitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Healthy Skin Clinic	The intervention is founded upon three concurrent elements. Firstly, a SKIN-profile generated by data from a baseline questionnaire (S=Susceptibility, K=Competencies, I=Individual characteristics, N=Necessary precautions). Secondly, a patient self-management book which includes a patient's log and is offered in both an online and a physical form. Also support to self-management is offered through possible asynchronous communication and networking. Finally, a counselling consultation with a nurse, trained within dermatology.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-05-01
• Primary completion: 2012-11-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2011-11-30
• Last updated: 2014-12-03

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Denmark