Differing Teen and Parent Perceptions of Atopic Dermatitis Severity

For atopic dermatitis (AD), discordance has been noted between how patients and physicians rate clinical severity, but little information is available on patient-parent agreement in AD severity rating.

Researchers in France sampled the general adult population and identified 399 dyads of adolescents with AD (58% boys; age, 12–17 years) and parents (67% mothers). Adolescents evaluated AD severity using a global assessment (GA) scale of mild, moderate, or severe. Parents evaluated clinical severity using two measures: GA and a parent version of the Patient-Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM); for the latter, scores were categorized as mild, moderate, or severe. Patient-parent agreement was measured by comparing the parent's POEM score with the adol…