Determining the Severity of Atopic Dermatitis in Children Presenting in General Practice: An Easy and Fast Method

Table 1

Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
	– Aged 0–6 years	– Chronic disease other than AD, asthma, food intolerance, or allergic rhinitis
Patient selection (computer search)	– Diagnosis of AD by GP	– Psychological problems which could influence follow-up
	– Had consultation for AD complaints within last 3 months or repeated their prescriptions for AD treatment in last 3 months	– GP checked the selected patients and could exclude patients
Telephone questionnaire	– AD complaints at time of telephone questionnaire (excoriations and skin lesions)	– Short-term illness at time of telephone questionnaire
		– Parent or caretaker unable to read or write Dutch or English
First visit	– Informed consent	– Other skin conditions precluding proper assessment of AD severity
	– Diagnosis of AD using Williams’ criteria [10]	– Short-term illness

AD: atopic dermatitis, GP: general practitioner.