Table 1.

Participant characteristics

Participant characteristic	Description
Interviewee's relationship to child*	27 mothers	4 fathers
Interviewee's age	Median 36 years old (range 26 years to 46 years)
Age of most affected child	Median 3 years (range 7 months old to 5 years old)
Eczema severity (parent asked if mild, moderate or severe)	16 mild	10 moderate	2 severe
Consulting history	14 GP only	5 Dermatology nurse	9 Dermatology and/or allergy clinic
Family structure	Number of children in household median 2 (range 1 to 4); 27 households with both parents, 1 household with mother only
Interviewees’ employment status*	14 full-time carers; 8 professional; 8 other such as admin or retail; 1 student
Ethnicity*	25 white British; 3 black or Asian British; 2 white non-British; one mixed heritage British

*Total 31 interviewees from 28 families as three couples were interviewed together. GP, general practitioner.