Abstract: Atopic dermatitis (AD; likewise called atopic eczema or eczema) is a chronic inflammatory, pruritic skin disease with significant quality of life (QOL) consequences for both patients and families(1-3). Affecting # 30% of children and 10% of adults(4). A wide variety of instruments targeted at measuring AD outcomes exist. Given the typically concurrent physiological and psychological concerns of AD
The purpose of this study was to evaluate by organized evaluation recent trends in disease severity and QOL result instruments used in RCTs on patients with AD that were performed between July 2000 and July 2015. Specifically, we looked for to establish the following: 1) the percentage of examined studies utilizing disease seriousness or QOL outcome steps; 2) the overall number and frequency of use of disease intensity scales; and 3) the total number and frequency of QOL instruments utilized. Four databases were selected to ensure a comprehensive review of the literature: PubMed, EMBASE, Ovid, and the Cochrane Review. On January 25, 2014, a total of 9 different queries were used for each engine: (1) “Atopic dermatitis ” (2) “atopic neurodermatitis” (3) “disseminated neurodermatitis ” (4) “atopic eczema ” (5) “infantile eczema,” (6) “Children’s Dermatology Life Quality Index” (7) “Dermatitis Family Impact ” (8) “Dermatology Life Quality Index ” (9) “randomized controlled trial ”. A hand search of the tables of contents of relevant journals published from January to December 2015 was then performed. Our methodical review identified a total of 62 disease intensity scales from the 135 consisted of studies. This is an extreme increase from the 20 disease severity scales determined in Rehal and Armstrong's review(8) of 382 RCTs on AD treatment published in between 2000 and July 2015. Just like Rehal and Armstrong's findings(8) , the SCORAD index(9), stayed the most popular disease severity instrument.
Keywords: Atopic dermatitis (AD), Quality Of Life (QOL).
Title: Review of Scales Used To Assess the Atopic Dermatitis Severity Index and Quality Of Life
Author: Shrooq Tail Alkhodaidi, Albaraa Y. Alsini
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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