Espere Healthcare's Dermasilk Therapeutic Clothing to Help Reduce Costs of Treating Increased Eczema Levels in England
With actual eczema consultations growing rapidly over recent years it is important to ensure that treatment is effective and value for money. DermaSilk Therapeutic Clothing is fulfilling these criteria.
Bedford, United Kingdom, April 02, 2009 --(PR.com)-- An official report using data from General Paractitoners in England has demonstrated a rapid increase in the diagnosis of eczema in England between 2001 and 2005. These data points to increasing costs of prescribing products for eczema and helps Espere Healthcare to demonstrate how DermaSilk Therapeutic Clothing can help manage the condition whilst reducung overall costs.
England has one of the world’s largest computer health databases containing the records of over nine million patients, and a group of Community Health scientists have been putting it to good use.
They decided to trawl through it and see what is happening to eczema. How often do doctors see it? Is it getting more common? How many prescriptions are issued for it? Investigating these trends helps to give us a more complete picture of the disease and the more knowledge we have, the better able we are to solve the problem.
The study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine* makes interesting reading. They set about identifying all the patients with a recorded diagnosis of eczema between the years 2001 and 2005.
A measurement of the incidence of eczema (the number of new patients with eczema being diagnosed in any one year) rose dramatically from 9.58 new cases per 1000 patients diagnosed in 2001 to 13.58 per 1000 patients by 2005.
Next they calculated the prevalence of the disease, the total number of people with eczema ever recorded on the database. The result was that just over five and three quarter million people were estimated to be suffering from eczema in 2005 in England. On average, these patients consulted a GP 4.02 times a year, and the number of eczema-related prescriptions increased by 56.6% over the five year study period to over thirteen and a half million prescriptions.
The authors comment that the figures show that almost 1 in 9 of the population of England has experienced eczema at some point in their lives which makes it the number one most common chronic condition of all.
The big question, of course, is why is the incidence of eczema seemingly shooting up like this? Is this a genuine increase or some statistical anomaly? Whilst it is conceded that improved awareness, diagnosis and record keeping has probably contributed to the increase in numbers there is no doubt that the incidence of eczema is genuinely increasing at a significant rate.
Itch is the symptom most commonly ranked as “The worst Symptom of eczema” and whilst steroid creams and emollients do much to counter the other symptoms an itch can wreck the family life.
Changing the under layer of clothing from cotton to DermaSilk can produce a significant reduction in itch in a matter of hours in many patients which can last for as long as they are wearing it.
DermaSilk Therapeutic Clothing has demonstrated in numerous clinical studies to be significantly better at reducing itch and other symptoms of eczema compared with cotton.
In addition, patient feedback indicates that their use of moisturisers and topical corticosteroids is greatly reduced when using DermaSilk as flares are less often and less severe in nature. This not only improves the quality of life for the whole family but also helps to save money.
DermaSilk is pleasant to wear, looks like normal underclothing and is easy to care for. Its antimicrobial finish remains on the clothing for its entire life and does not leach out during washing, making it safe to the environment.
Thousands of children and adults are now benefitting from DermaSilk around Europe and North America. For more information please log on to www.dermasilk.co.uk
*Simpson CR, Newton J, Hippisley-Cox J, Sheikh A
Trends in the epidemiology and prescribing of medication for eczema in England J R Soc Med 2009;102:109-117
Notes:
DermaSilk Therapeutic Clothing is available in sizes from 0-6 months to adult and can be purchased directly from the website.
In the UK, many DermaSilk children’s garments can now be prescribed by doctors and specialist nurses on the National Health Service.
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England has one of the world’s largest computer health databases containing the records of over nine million patients, and a group of Community Health scientists have been putting it to good use.
They decided to trawl through it and see what is happening to eczema. How often do doctors see it? Is it getting more common? How many prescriptions are issued for it? Investigating these trends helps to give us a more complete picture of the disease and the more knowledge we have, the better able we are to solve the problem.
The study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine* makes interesting reading. They set about identifying all the patients with a recorded diagnosis of eczema between the years 2001 and 2005.
A measurement of the incidence of eczema (the number of new patients with eczema being diagnosed in any one year) rose dramatically from 9.58 new cases per 1000 patients diagnosed in 2001 to 13.58 per 1000 patients by 2005.
Next they calculated the prevalence of the disease, the total number of people with eczema ever recorded on the database. The result was that just over five and three quarter million people were estimated to be suffering from eczema in 2005 in England. On average, these patients consulted a GP 4.02 times a year, and the number of eczema-related prescriptions increased by 56.6% over the five year study period to over thirteen and a half million prescriptions.
The authors comment that the figures show that almost 1 in 9 of the population of England has experienced eczema at some point in their lives which makes it the number one most common chronic condition of all.
The big question, of course, is why is the incidence of eczema seemingly shooting up like this? Is this a genuine increase or some statistical anomaly? Whilst it is conceded that improved awareness, diagnosis and record keeping has probably contributed to the increase in numbers there is no doubt that the incidence of eczema is genuinely increasing at a significant rate.
Itch is the symptom most commonly ranked as “The worst Symptom of eczema” and whilst steroid creams and emollients do much to counter the other symptoms an itch can wreck the family life.
Changing the under layer of clothing from cotton to DermaSilk can produce a significant reduction in itch in a matter of hours in many patients which can last for as long as they are wearing it.
DermaSilk Therapeutic Clothing has demonstrated in numerous clinical studies to be significantly better at reducing itch and other symptoms of eczema compared with cotton.
In addition, patient feedback indicates that their use of moisturisers and topical corticosteroids is greatly reduced when using DermaSilk as flares are less often and less severe in nature. This not only improves the quality of life for the whole family but also helps to save money.
DermaSilk is pleasant to wear, looks like normal underclothing and is easy to care for. Its antimicrobial finish remains on the clothing for its entire life and does not leach out during washing, making it safe to the environment.
Thousands of children and adults are now benefitting from DermaSilk around Europe and North America. For more information please log on to www.dermasilk.co.uk
*Simpson CR, Newton J, Hippisley-Cox J, Sheikh A
Trends in the epidemiology and prescribing of medication for eczema in England J R Soc Med 2009;102:109-117
Notes:
DermaSilk Therapeutic Clothing is available in sizes from 0-6 months to adult and can be purchased directly from the website.
In the UK, many DermaSilk children’s garments can now be prescribed by doctors and specialist nurses on the National Health Service.
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