This study aims to investigate the effect of a prevention programme on hand eczema among workers in the Greenlandic fishing industry. This is a non-randomised clinical trial including employees at four of Royal Greenland's fish processing facilities in Greenland.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
70
The prevention programme consists of a validated educational video and training in the basic recognition and prevention of hand eczema.
Royal Greenland
Ilulissat, Greenland
Royal Greenland
Maniitsoq, Greenland
Royal Greenland
Qasigiannguit, Greenland
Royal Greenland
Sisimiut, Greenland
Change from baseline in knowledge of hand eczema at 3 months
Knowledge of hand eczema measured by a self-reported questionnaire
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 12 weeks
Change from baseline in clinical severity of hand eczema at 3 months
Clinical severity of hand eczema measured by Hand Eczema Severity Index (HECSI). The HECSI score ranges from 0 to 360, with higher scores reflecting greater disease severity.
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 12 weeks
Change from baseline in patient-reported quality of life at 3 months
Patient-reported quality of life measured by Hand Eczema Impact Scale (HEIS). The HEIS is a validated 9-item questionnaire that measure the impact of hand eczema on patients' quality of life, based on recall over the past week. Domains include proximal daily activity limitations, embarrassment with the appearance of the hands, frustration with chronic hand eczema, sleep, work, and physical functioning. Each item is scored on a 5-point scale ranging from 0 (not at all) to 4 (extremely). The HEIS score is the average of the 9 items.
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 12 weeks
Change from baseline in Patient Global Assessment of Disease Severity (PaGA) at 3 months
The PaGA rates the severity of the patient's global disease assessed by the patient and is based on a 5-point scale ranging from 0 (clear) to 4 (severe).
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 12 weeks
Change from baseline in the number of self-reported days with absence from work due to hand eczema at 3 months
The number of self-reported days with absence from work due to hand eczema measured by a questionnaire-based interview.
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Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 12 weeks
Change from baseline in the number of participants being forced to change their job due to hand eczema at 3 months
The number of participants being forced to change their job due to hand eczema measured by a questionnaire-based interview.
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 12 weeks
Change from baseline in the availability of protective equipment at 3 months
The availability of protective equipment (protective gloves, cotton undergloves, moisturisers, and disinfectants) at the workplace measured by a questionnaire-based interview.
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention at 12 weeks