title: Assessing the Impact of Atopic Dermatitis on the Patients' Parents with the Visual Instrument 'Caregiver-PRISM'.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is a need to improve the quality of communication between clinicians and parents of young patients with atopic eczema (AE).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To create a tool to measure the suffering that caregivers experience in association with their child's AE (Caregiver Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self-Measure, Caregiver-PRISM), assess the validity and reliability, and identify factors associated with caregiver suffering.
  
  
  METHODS
  Caregiver-PRISM was administered to 45 parents of patients from an AE outpatient service (Padua, Italy).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Caregiver-PRISM had a good test-retest reliability (r = 0.85; t7 = 4.13; p < 0.05), content validity and construct validity when used in parents of AE children. Parents with a less positive family affective climate, higher education, or with children following a diet experienced higher suffering associated with their child's AE, demonstrated by lower Caregiver-PRISM scores (p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results support the use of Caregiver-PRISM in parents of AE patients to assess suffering associated with patients' illness.
authors: Dermatology Clinic, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
authors: Elena
authors: E
authors: Marinello
authors: Dennis
authors: D
authors: Linder
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Spoto
authors: Katie
authors: K
authors: Palmer
authors: Peter Michael
authors: PM
authors: Rohrer
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Büchi
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Trapp
authors: Eva-Maria
authors: EM
authors: Trapp
authors: Nina
authors: N
authors: Hoerlesberger
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Piaserico
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Peserico
authors: Michela
authors: M
authors: Gatta
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Belloni Fortina
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires