title: [Recommendations for patients on preparing for dermatology-allergology consultations: Evaluation of the information notice of the French Society for Dermatology].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Skin patch-tests in dermatology-allergology practice require good preparation. To this end, the dermatology-allergology group of the French Society of Dermatology introduced an information notice informing patients about patch testing procedures. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility and understanding of the notice.
  
  
  METHODS
  The information notice was sent out to patients before testing. On the day of the test, a questionnaire was submitted to patients to evaluate their comprehension of the notice. Another questionnaire was submitted simultaneously to the dermatology-allergology practitioner to evaluate whether the patient had complied with the guidelines given in the information notice. Paired questionnaires were analyzed for this study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eight dermatology-allergology hospital departments participated in the study and collected 921 paired questionnaires over a period of 18months. Among the vast majority (96.2%) of patients who had read the information notice, most found it useful (98.8%), easy to read (97.4%), and appropriate (91.5%). Ten percent of patients had difficulty understanding.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study shows that the information notice was clear and explicit for the immense majority of patients. Thanks to the feedback of a number of patients, the information notice was further improved to enhance patient understanding.
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Saint-André, 1, rue Jean-Burguet, 33075 Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Desmond
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Larrey, 24, chemin de Pouvourville, 31059 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giordano-Labadie
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Fournier, quai de La Bataille, 54000 Nancy, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barbaud
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, CHU d'Angers, 4, rue Larrey, 49033 Angers, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Avenel-Audran
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, CHU Michallon, BP 217, 38043 Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bourrain
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, CHRU Saint-Éloi, 80, avenue Augustin-Fliche, 34295 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Raison-Peyron
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, CHR Metz-Thionville Bel Air, 1, rue Friscaty, 57100 Thionville, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Truchetet
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Henri-Mondor, 51, avenue Mar-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94000 Créteil, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Assier
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Saint-André, 1, rue Jean-Burguet, 33075 Bordeaux, France. Electronic address: brigitte.milpied@chu-bordeaux.fr.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Milpied
mesh_terms: D032882:Comprehension; D006801:Humans; D010328:Patch Tests; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Dermato-allergologie; Dermatology-allergology; Fiche d’information; Notice; Skin patch-tests; Tests cutanés