Epidemiologic, clinical and socioeconomic factors of atopic dermatitis in Spain: Alergológica-2005. Journal of investigational allergology & clinical immunology : official organ of the International Association of Asthmology (INTERASMA) and Sociedad Latinoamericana de Alergia e Inmunología [J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol] Journal article | | Title | Epidemiologic, clinical and socioeconomic factors of atopic dermatitis in Spain: Alergológica-2005. | | Author(s) | Martorell Aragonés A, Félix Toledo R, Martorell Calatayud A, Cerdá Mir JC | | Institution | Allergology Unit, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain. martorell_ant@gva.es | | Source | J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2009.:27-33. | | Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of the population with atopic dermatitis (AD) consulting in Allergology services in Spain.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was a multi-center, observational, descriptive, cross-sectional epidemiologic study with prospective collection of data on patients consulting for the first time in Allergology services in Spain. By means of a data collection record, personal and specific variables were collected during the calendar year 2005 from a total of 4991 patients with AD.
RESULTS: AD was diagnosed in 171 patients (3.4% of patients seen in Allergology services), which represented no significant change with regard to the Alergológica-1992 study. In 72% of cases, AD was associated with other allergic disorders. The mean age of the onset of clinical manifestations of AD was 1 year and 4 months. During the first consultations, the suspected diagnosis of AD was established in 83% of cases. In 58% of cases the cause was considered idiopathic and 42% were associated with sensitization to allergens. In 10% of patients with AD the triggering allergens were foods and in 26% aeroallergens. Most patients (94%) received hydrating skin and drug treatment (anti-histamines 73%, topical corticoids 49%, calcineurin inhibitors 31%). Only 10% of patients followed an exclusion diet.
CONCLUSIONS: No significant increase in the demand for AD consultations was observed in comparison with Alergológica-1992. AD was frequently associated with other allergic disorders. In few cases was food involved in the etiology of the disease. In most cases nothing more than topical drug treatment was indicated. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19530415 |
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