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Chernyshov PV, John SM, Tomas-Aragones L, Gonçalo M, Svensson A, Bewley A, Evers AWM, Szepietowski JC, Marron SE, Manolache L, Pustisek N, Suru A, Salavastru CM, Tiplica GS, Salek MS, Finlay AY. Quality of life measurement in occupational skin diseases. Position paper of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Task Forces on Quality of Life and Patient Oriented Outcomes and Occupational Skin Disease. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2020; 34:1924-1931. [PMID: 32662100 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.16742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
The European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) has started the 'Healthy Skin @ Work' campaign aimed to raise awareness among the public and EU authorities on the frequency and impact of occupational skin diseases (OSDs). The EADV Task Forces (TFs) on Quality of Life and Patient Oriented Outcomes (QoL/PO) and on OSD present their mutual position statement on QoL assessment in OSDs. The EADV TFs recommend the use of the DLQI as a dermatology-specific instrument and SF-36 as a generic instrument in health-related (HR) QoL studies on OSDs. The OSD-specific questionnaire, LIOD, is not recommended for general use in its present form because of its three months recall period. The EADV TFs discourage the use of non-validated and of non-validated modifications of previously validated HRQoL instruments. The EADV TFs wish to encourage research into: the HRQoL impact of OSDs other than occupational contact dermatitis and hand eczema; comparisons between the effects of different treatments and other interventions on HRQoL in OSDs; and into the HRQoL impairment of patients with OSDs from different countries, and with different provoking factors, to predict if the results of successful therapeutic and educational interventions may be generalized across countries and between occupations.
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Affiliation(s)
- P V Chernyshov
- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, National Medical University, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine, Health Theory, Institute for Interdisciplinary Dermatological Prevention and Rehabilitation (iDerm), University of Osnabrueck, Osnabrueck, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Skane University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, UK.,Queen Mary University Medical School, London, UK
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- Health, Medical, and Neuropsychology unit, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Dermatology, Aragon Psychodermatology Research Group (GAI+PD), University, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Dermatology, Dali Medical, Bucharest, Romania
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- Children's Hospital Zagreb, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Paediatric Dermatology Discipline, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Dermatology Research Unit, Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Paediatric Dermatology, Colentina Clinical Hospital, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Dermatology II, Colentina Clinical Hospital, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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- School of Life & Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
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- Department of Dermatology and Wound Healing, Division of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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Brans R, Skudlik C, Weisshaar E, Scheidt R, Ofenloch R, Elsner P, Wulfhorst B, Schönfeld M, John SM, Diepgen TL. Multicentre cohort study ‘Rehabilitation of Occupational Skin Diseases - Optimization and Quality Assurance of Inpatient Management (ROQ)’: results from a 3-year follow-up. Contact Dermatitis 2016; 75:205-12. [DOI: 10.1111/cod.12614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Revised: 04/13/2016] [Accepted: 04/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Richard Brans
- Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory; University of Osnabrück; 49090 Osnabrück Germany
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Dermatologic Prevention and Rehabilitation (iDerm) at the University of Osnabrück and Dermatologic Centre; Trauma Hospital; 21033 Hamburg Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory; University of Osnabrück; 49090 Osnabrück Germany
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Dermatologic Prevention and Rehabilitation (iDerm) at the University of Osnabrück and Dermatologic Centre; Trauma Hospital; 21033 Hamburg Germany
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- Department of Clinical Social Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Dermatology; University of Heidelberg; 69115 Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of Clinical Social Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Dermatology; University of Heidelberg; 69115 Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of Clinical Social Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Dermatology; University of Heidelberg; 69115 Heidelberg Germany
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- Department of Dermatology; University Hospital Jena; 07743 Jena Germany
- Statutory Accident Insurance Clinic of Occupational Diseases; 08233 Falkenstein Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory; University of Osnabrück; 49090 Osnabrück Germany
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Dermatologic Prevention and Rehabilitation (iDerm) at the University of Osnabrück and Dermatologic Centre; Trauma Hospital; 21033 Hamburg Germany
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- Clinic for Occupational Diseases of the VBG (Statutory Accident Insurance); 83435 Bad Reichenhall Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory; University of Osnabrück; 49090 Osnabrück Germany
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Dermatologic Prevention and Rehabilitation (iDerm) at the University of Osnabrück and Dermatologic Centre; Trauma Hospital; 21033 Hamburg Germany
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- Department of Clinical Social Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Dermatology; University of Heidelberg; 69115 Heidelberg Germany
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Augustin M, Langenbruch AK, Herberger K, Baade K, Goepel L, Blome C. Quality of life measurement in chronic wounds and inflammatory skin diseases: Definitions, standards and instruments. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.wndm.2014.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Weisshaar E, Skudlik C, Scheidt R, Matterne U, Wulfhorst B, Schönfeld M, Elsner P, Diepgen TL, John SM. Multicentre study ‘rehabilitation of occupational skin diseases -optimization and quality assurance of inpatient management (ROQ)’-results from 12-month follow-up. Contact Dermatitis 2012; 68:169-74. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2012.02170.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Skudlik C, Weisshaar E, Scheidt R, Elsner P, Wulfhorst B, Schönfeld M, John SM, Diepgen TL. First results from the multicentre study Rehabilitation of Occupational Skin Diseases - Optimization and Quality Assurance of Inpatient Management (ROQ). Contact Dermatitis 2011; 66:140-7. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.01991.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Skudlik C, Weisshaar E, Scheidt R, Wulfhorst B, Diepgen TL, Elsner P, Schönfeld M, John SM. Multicenter study „Medical-Occupational Rehabilitation Procedure Skin - optimizing and quality assurance of inpatient-management (ROQ)”. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2009; 7:122-6. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2008.06864.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Soder S, Diepgen TL, Radulescu M, Apfelbacher CJ, Bruckner T, Weisshaar E. Occupational skin diseases in cleaning and kitchen employees: Course and quality of life after measures of secondary individual prevention. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2007; 5:670-6. [PMID: 17659040 DOI: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2007.06419.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cleaning and kitchen employees have an increased risk of suffering from occupational dermatoses. Prevention including improving individual skin care and skin protection behavior, health education, optimizing diagnostics and therapy as well as avoidance of occupational skin disease (BK 5101) is important. PATIENTS AND METHODS Participants in the courses were patients suspected of having an occupational skin disease. Besides socio-demographic and disease-related data, health-related quality of life (QL) was measured using the SF-36 and Skindex-29. One year later all participants were interviewed by telephone about the course of their skin disease. RESULTS Out of 212 participants, 84.0 % were female. The mean age was 41.6 (SD = 10.8) years.168 patients (79.2 %) suffered from hand dermatitis,with irritant contact dermatitis being the predominant diagnosis (46.2 %,n = 98). One year later 65.4 % (n = 85) of the patients interviewed still suffered from hand dermatitis.9.2 % (n = 12) had meanwhile quit their job due to the skin disease. QL was impaired in all age groups being lower with increasing age of the patients. CONCLUSIONS The follow-up confirmed the positive impact of the skin protection courses on patients' skin disease and well-being. Occupational skin diseases impair health-related quality of life in these professions but disease severity does not seem to play a key role.
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- Stefanie Soder
- Department of Clinical Social Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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