Patient Preferences for Treatment Attributes in Moderate to Severe Chronic Hand Eczema: A Discrete Choice Experiment
April W. Armstrong, Aseel Bin Sawad, Nisha C. Hazra, Sanjeev Balu, Douglas Maslin, Béa Libchaber, Rui Huang, Marjolaine Gauthier-Loiselle, Annie Guerin · 2026
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Description
April Armstrong and eight co-authors ask patients with chronic hand eczema what they want from treatment in this 2026 paper. Three hundred adults in the United States with moderate to severe disease took a web based choice survey. Each choice traded treatment traits against each other: itch relief, skin appearance, pain relief, risks of infection, cancer, and heart problems, plus how the drug is given.
Itch and appearance gains mattered most, at about a fifth of the decision weight each. Safety followed, with cancer risk and infection risk next. Pain relief and dosing style counted for less. Patients would give up large chunks of itch relief to cut cancer risk by a single point. The authors offer the numbers to guide shared decisions in clinic, where matching treatment to patient values can lift satisfaction and adherence.
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| CREATOR | April W. Armstrong, Aseel Bin Sawad, Nisha C. Hazra, Sanjeev Balu, Douglas Maslin, Béa Libchaber, Rui Huang, Marjolaine Gauthier-Loiselle, Annie Guerin |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 60 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |