A multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of ion-exchange water softeners for the treatment of eczema in children: the Softened Water Eczema Trial (SWET)
Thomas KS, Koller K, Dean T, O'Leary CJ, Sach TH, Frost A, Pallett I, Crook AM, Meredith S, Nunn AJ, Burrows N, Pollock I, Graham-Brown R, O'Toole E, Potter D, Williams HC
Record ID 32006001309
English
Authors' objectives:
The aim of SWET was to test whether installation of an ion-exchange water softener in the home could reduce the severity of eczema in children and, if so, to establish its likely cost and cost-effectiveness.
Authors' recommendations:
Study reports that ion-exchange water softeners provided no additional benefits to usual care in the treatment of atopic eczema in children.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1520
Year Published:
2011
URL for additional information:
http://www.swet-trial.co.uk
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
- Child
- Ion Exchange
- Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
- Water Softening
- Dermatitis, Atopic
Contact
Organisation Name:
NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address:
NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright:
2011 Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO
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