BMJ  2006;332 (22 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7547.0

Education improves long term control of eczema

Educational programmes targeted at specific age groups of children and adolescents improve the control of atopic dermatitis. In a randomised controlled trial Staab and colleagues (p 933) delivered a weekly educational session to parents of children aged 3 months to 7 years and 8-12 years and to adolescents aged 13-18. The control group received no education. Dermatitis was significantly less severe in intervention groups at 12 months. The parents' quality of life also improved—as measured by all five quality of life subscales in parents of children aged less than 7 years and by three subscales in parents of children aged 8-12 years.

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