The effect of therapeutic patient education in management of atopic dermatitis in children of different age
Abstract：Objective To evaluate the effect of therapeutic patient education in the management of atopic dermatitis(AD) in children of different age.Methods A total of 53 children with AD were enrolled,and the patients were divided into two groups,1～4 years old and 5～11 years old.Serum IgE antibodies detection and conventional treatment were given to all the patients,and education associated with AD were carried out to their parents.After three months,the severity of disease and quality of life in children and their families were compared to those at base line.Results The positive rate of specific IgE antibodies was 69.81％.At base line,the mean scores of IDQOL/CDLQI were (8.94±3.57)/(8.00±2.70),and the mean scores of DFI were (8.54±4.50) and(7.17±3.38) for the two groups respectively.The top three scores of IDQOL/CDLQI items were pruritus,emotion and sleep.The top three scores of DFI items for 1～4 years old group were sleep,tiredness and shopping cost of family;and those for 5～11 years old group were tiredness,sleep and emotion of family,the data indicated that AD may cause different influence on the quality of life of the two different age groups.After three months of intervene,both the two groups obtained significant improvements in the severity of disease and quality of life in children and their families(P=0.000).Conclusion The therapeutic patient education plays an important role in the long-term treatment of AD,differential therapeutic patient education may be carried out to the patients of different age.
Keywords：DermatitisatopicChildTherapeutic patient educationQuality of life
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 257-260 )