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Article: NEA and LIFE committee announce new quality-of-life assessment tool for patients with eczema.(ECZEMA UPDATE)(Report)
- Article from:
- Dermatology Nursing
- Article date:
- December 1, 2007
- Author:
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To better examine the emotional and psychological effects of eczema on patients' daily lives, a panel of health professionals and patient advocates formed the Life Improvement For Eczema (LIFE) committee. The committee spearheaded the development of the Eczema Assessment Tool, a worksheet designed to more accurately measure the quality-of-life impact of eczema and to substantially improve the communication between patients with eczema and their health care providers.
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For many reasons, patients may have difficulty expressing to their physicians the impact that eczema has on their quality of life. What dermatologists perceive as a ...
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