To Örebro University

Atopic dermatitis (AD) education empowers patients and their caregivers with knowledge and is critical to successful management. AD education is often delivered by health care providers to individual patients/families or to groups but barriers to access leave some AD sufferers without this critical component of AD management. Electronic health (e-Health) tools for AD could bridge this gap. 1. Identify current e-Health tools for AD; 2. For each e-Health tool, summarize and assess: a. Objective/purpose, b. Informational content, c. Effect on knowledge about AD, d. Validity, and e. Delivery and feasibility. A systematic review has been performed to evaluate all available E-health tools for children with AD, parents of the children with AD, adults with AD, and health care professionals working in the related fields using Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar. Data collection elements include e-Health tool features (platform, purpose, content, delivery) and target audience factors (AD disease course, type and duration of treatment, severity, quality of life impact). We will assess the validity, feasibility, and effect on knowledge about AD for each tool. Results will be stratified by the target audience. Data analysis is ongoing and will be presented. By identifying gaps that exist in the content of currently available e-Health tools, future work can address the identified unmet needs.