The usefulness of detailed information to patients with contact allergy.

Abstract

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 DALUK. 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.

• Authors: B Edman
• Journal: Contact dermatitis (Contact Dermatitis) Vol. 19 Issue 1 Pg. 43-7 (Jul 1988) ISSN: 0105-1873 [Print] England
• PMID: 3180768 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Lanolin

Topics

• Adult
• Age Factors
• Aged
• Dermatitis, Contact (ethnology, etiology, prevention & control)
• Female
• Humans
• Information Systems
• Lanolin (adverse effects)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Patch Tests
• Patient Education as Topic (methods)
• Sex Factors
• Socioeconomic Factors
• Sweden