| Document ID (ISN) | 108919 |
| CIS number |
08-1294 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0105-1873 - Contact Dermatitis |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Curr N., Dharmage S., Keegel T., Lee A., Saunders H., Nixon R. |
| Title |
The validity and reliability of the occupational contact dermatitis disease severity index |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 2008, Vol.59, No.3, p.157-164. Illus. 42 ref. |
| Abstract |
An occupational contact dermatitis disease severity index (ODDI) was designed to assess the severity and functional disability caused by occupational contact dermatitis (OCD) of the hands in patients attending an occupational dermatology clinic in Australia. The objective of this study was to assess the intra-observer reliability, inter-observer reliability, internal consistency, acceptability and convenience of this instrument, based on the clinical assessment of 95 patients with OCD. The ODDI was found to be a valid and reliable instrument to assess the severity and functional limitations caused by OCD. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
eczema; diagnosis; severity rates; dermatological services; hospitals |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Australia; description of technique; medical examinations; reliability |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Australia |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Health care services
Occupational health services
Skin diseases
|
