Comparison of the time course of atopic dermatitis from birth to 19 years old among generations of patients in Japan
| Autor: | Masakazu Takahashi, Yukihiro Ohya, Ryo Saito, Akio Tanaka, Satoshi Morioke, Takanobu Kan, Michihiro Hide, Kazumasa Iwamoto, Naoki Shimojo, Maiko Tanaka, Shunsuke Takahagi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adolescent Eczema Dermatology Severity of Illness Index Dermatitis Atopic Disease course Young Adult Japan Age groups Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Medicine Early childhood Aged Adult patients business.industry Questionnaire General Medicine Atopic dermatitis medicine.disease Natural history Child Preschool Time course business Demography |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Dermatology. 48:1602-1606 |
| ISSN: | 1346-8138 0385-2407 |
| Popis: | Atopic dermatitis (AD) mostly develops in early childhood and tends to resolve with age. However, its time course in severity before and after adolescence varies widely among patients. To investigate the course of disease severity from birth to 19 years old of adult patients with AD, we conducted a nationwide Web-based survey of 3090 Japanese adult subjects diagnosed with AD, using a questionnaire to choose a pattern that most resembled their own out of 10 courses of AD severity. Patients in the 20s and 30s age groups tended to choose the option "gradually improved" or "improved by the age of 12", but patients in the 40s or older age group tended to choose the option "aggravation between the age of 12 and 19". Those who chose "AD development at age 20 or older" increased as the generation was older. This survey revealed that the time course of AD severity from birth to 19 years old varies depending on the generation targeted in this study. It is presumed that the acquired factors affecting the natural history of AD have changed over the past 50 years in Japan. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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