Table 1.
Participant characteristics (including professional characteristics) (n = 229)
| Characteristic | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| 20–30 | 16 (7·0) |
| 31–40 | 54 (23·6) |
| 41–50 | 66 (28·8) |
| 51–60 | 67 (29·3) |
| > 60 | 26 (11·4) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 135 (59·0) |
| Male | 94 (41·0) |
| Type of workplace | |
| Community | 1 (0·4) |
| General hospital | 38 (16·6) |
| Private practice | 42 (18·3) |
| University teaching hospital | 148 (64·6) |
| Years of experience | |
| 0–4 | 14 (6·1) |
| 5–10 | 45 (19·7) |
| 11–20 | 70 (30·6) |
| > 20 | 100 (43·7) |
| Number of treated patients per 3 months | |
| < 10 | 30 (13·1) |
| 10–50 | 116 (50·7) |
| 51–100 | 58 (25·3) |
| 101–200 | 17 (7·4) |
| > 200 | 8 (3·5) |
| Patients with moderate‐to‐severe AE in the population | |
| < 5% | 34 (14·8) |
| 5–10% | 59 (25·8) |
| 11–25% | 55 (24·0) |
| 26–40% | 31 (13·5) |
| 41–60% | 24 (10·5) |
| > 60% | 26 (11·4) |
| Number of initiated patients on photo‐ or systemic therapy per 3 months | |
| 0 | 1 (0·4) |
| 1–5 | 109 (47·6) |
| 6–10 | 62 (27·1) |
| 11–20 | 35 (15·3) |
| > 20 | 22 (9·6) |
| Ethnicity of the majority of patientsa | |
| White | 225 (98·3) |
| Ethnicities of patients seen occasionallya | |
| Asian Chinese | 174 (76·0) |
| Black African/Afro‐Caribbean | 161 (70·3) |
| South Asian | 158 (69·0) |
| Asian – other | 142 (62·0) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 139 (60·7) |
| Five most frequently used measurement instrumentsa | |
| SCORing Atopic Dermatitis | 155 (67·7) |
| Dermatology Life Quality Index | 129 (56·3) |
| Eczema Area and Severity Index | 125 (54·6) |
| Investigator's Global Assessment | 77 (33·6) |
| Visual analogue scale for itch | 53 (23·1) |
AE, atopic eczema. aParticipants were able to select multiple options.