The Eczema Education Programme: intervention development and model feasibility

Abstract

It was feasible to provide the EEP as an adjunct to normal clinical care on a large scale, achieving a high level of patient/parent satisfaction and access within an urban area of multiple deprivation and high mobility. The intervention is transferable and the results are generalizable to other ethnically diverse child eczema populations within metropolitan areas in Britain. A multicentre RCT is required to test the effectiveness of this intervention on a larger scale.

Parental self-efficacy and the management of childhood atopic eczema: development and testing of a new clinical outcome measure

“…These data relate to the 242 parental cases, who were representative of the sample of parents attending the EEP. 12 The actual sample size for each element of the analysis varied because of missing item data and the smaller number of available cases after education was delivered.…”

“…The development of an outcome measure of parental self‐efficacy in eczema care provides a basis for evaluating interventions directed towards enhancing parental confidence in managing their child's condition. This study set out to develop and then validate a tool to measure parental self‐efficacy and test the feasibility of its clinical application through a wider study evaluating an Eczema Education Programme (EEP) directed at supporting parents in managing their child's eczema …”

“…Through the initial phase of delivery of the EEP we planned to develop and validate this scale . The EEP service offered parents access to standardized, evidence‐based eczema education delivered in both specialist centres and the community . The EEP sample provided the basis for the validation of the PASECI scale.…”

“…This study set out to develop and then validate a tool to measure parental self-efficacy and test the feasibility of its clinical application through a wider study evaluating an Eczema Education Programme (EEP) directed at supporting parents in managing their child's eczema. 12,13 A recent systematic review 11 found no controlled studies evaluating self-efficacy outcomes in the parental management of eczema. With the exception of a range of severity measures, 14 the most frequently used outcome tools applied to evaluate clinical and research interventions for childhood AE measure dermatology-specific child 15 and infant 16 quality-oflife and family impact.…”

“…25 Robust tool development continues on scales to measure selfefficacy to manage chronic disease. 26 The Parental Self-Efficacy with Eczema Care Index (PASECI) was developed as an outcome measure for a study investigating the feasibility and impact of a structured education pro-gramme, termed the EEP, 12 which was designed for parents of children with eczema. Through the initial phase of delivery of the EEP we planned to develop and validate this scale.…”