Date of filling in this questionnaire or last update: 22/05/2020
1. IDENTIFICATION & BASIC DESCRIPTION
Cohort name
Healthy Hands
Country
  • Netherlands
Name
Sanja Kezic
Institution
Amsterdam AMC
Email
s.kezic@amc.uva.nl
Phone
+31205665321
Name of committee
METC Amsterdam UMC
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Contact Principal Investigator (name)
Sanja Kezic
Data access policy (briefly describe)
available upon request
Is this cohort part of a consortium? (name consortium)
no
Participation in pooled analyses
  • The cohort is potentially interested in participating in pooled analyses of (European) occupational cohort studies (note pooled analyses also includes remote decentralized analyses that would not require any transfer of primary data as well as meta-analyses).
Main aim of cohort, please briefly describe the main objectives of the cohort
Efectivness of an intervention aimed at prevention of contact dermatitis in health care workers
Study design (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Intervention study
Source population (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Other
Specify: Other
health care workers in a hospital
Comparators (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Internal study population
Inclusion criteria
wet work activities, 18-65 years,
Exclusion criteria
working on different wards
Enrollment
Completed
Age range at entry (subcohort)
Minimum Maximum Mean Please describe
18 65
Men at enrollment
0
Women at enrollment
51
Children (<18 years) at enrollment
0
Men at last follow-up
0
Women at last follow-up
299
Participation rate at enrollment (if known)
58
2. OUTCOME FOLLOW-UP
Type of data for outcome follow-up (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Hospital / physician diagnoses
Hospital / Physician diagnoses (specify)
  • disease severity established by physical examination by a physiscian
First follow-up period (provide year)
2017
Last follow-up period (provide year)
2017
Number of follow-ups after baseline (provide number)
1
Participation at last follow-up (if known)
61
3. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES
Source of exposure data collected (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Questionnaire, Personal (Self-reporting or interview)
Occupational history/time frame
Current, at enrollment
Occupational coding performed
No
Methods for exposure assessment (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Self-report
Main categories
  • Solvents
  • Other chemicals
Solvents | Organic solvents, other than aliphatic, aromatic and chlorinated
  • Alcohols
Other chemicals | Detergents and cleaning products
  • Detergents
4. OUTCOMES EVALUATED
Baseline - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
  • Biomarker (specify)
Specify: Biomarker
filaggrin degradation products (Natural moisturizing factors)
Follow-up - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
  • Biomarker (specify)
Specify: Biomarker
filaggrin degradation products (Natural moisturizing factors)
Outcome type (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Morbidity
Diagnostic groups based on ICD10
  • L Skin, nail and hair disorders
L Skin, nail and hair disorders
  • Irritant contact dermatitis
Other health related outcomes
  • Biomarkers
Comments
NMF was measured as a parameter for skin barrier damage (secondary outcome)
5. BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES & ANALYSIS
Biological samples collected
  • Other
Specify: Other
stratum corneum
6. Other Information
  • Demographics
  • Medical history