Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 4 , Pages 353-358 , April 2010

Structured education program improves the coping with atopic dermatitis in children and their parents—a multicenter, randomized controlled trial

  • Joerg Kupfer

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Psychology, J-L-University Giessen, Germany
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  • Uwe Gieler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, J-L-University Giessen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Ludwigstr. 76, D-35392 Giessen, Germany. Tel.: +49 641 99 45 650; fax: +49 641 99 45 659.
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  • Thomas L. Diepgen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Social Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Manige Fartasch

      Affiliations

    • BGFA Forschungsinstitut für Arbeitsmedizin der Deutschen gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung, Institute of Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
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  • Thomas Lob-Corzilius

      Affiliations

    • Childrens Hospital Osnabrück, Germany
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  • Johannes Ring

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein, TU Munich, Germany
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  • Sibylle Scheewe

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Clinic for Children and Adolescents, Sylt, Germany
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  • Reginald Scheidt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Social Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Christina Schnopp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein, TU Munich, Germany
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  • Rüdiger Szczepanski

      Affiliations

    • Childrens Hospital Osnabrück, Germany
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  • Doris Staab

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, Charite, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
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  • Thomas Werfel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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  • Marita Wittenmeier

      Affiliations

    • FAAK Köln, Germany
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  • Ulrich Wahn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Pulmonology and Immunology, Charite, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
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  • Gerhard Schmid-Ott

      Affiliations

    • Berolina Klinik Löhne, Germany

Received 9 August 2008 ,Revised 30 March 2009 ,Accepted 22 April 2009.

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 Ethics approval: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Humboldt University in Berlin. All participants (parents and adolescents) gave written informed consent.

PII: S0022-3999(09)00171-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.04.014

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 4 , Pages 353-358 , April 2010