Ineffective consultations for acne: what is important to patients?

Fiona Cowdell

Dr Fiona Cowdell, Reader in Wellbeing and Long-Term Conditions is lead author on:

Cowdell F, Eady EA, Layton AM, Nevell NJ, Jones C, Ridd MJ (2016) Ineffective consultations for acne: what is important to patients? British Journal of Dermatology doi: 10.1111/bjd.14689

New publication: The Role of Auditory Itch Contagion in Psoriasis

Dr Fiona Cowdell

Fiona Cowdell has co-authored:

Swithenbank S, Cowdell F, Holle H (2016) Role of Auditory Itch Contagion in Psoriasis Acta Dermato-Venereology doi: 10.2340/00015555-2320

New publication by Fiona Cowdell

Dr Fiona Cowdell

Fiona Cowdell has co-authored:

Harrison EF, Haines RH, Cowdell F, Sach TH, Dean T, Pollock I, Burrows NP, Buckley H, Williams HC, Lawton S, Brown SJ, Bradshaw LE, Ahmed A, Montgomery EJ, Thomas KS (2015) A multi-centre, parallel group superiority trial of silk therapeutic clothing for the management of eczema in children (CLOTHES Trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial Trials 16:390 doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0921-9

New publication by Fiona Cowdell

Fiona Cowdell is first author on a Cochrane review protocol:

Dr Fiona Cowdell

Cowdell F, Jadotte YT, Ersser SJ, Danby S, Walton S, Lawton S, Roberts A, Gardiner E, Ware F, Cork C (2014) Hygeine and emollient interventions for maintaining skin integrity in older people in hospital and residential care settings The Cochrane Library doi: 10.1002/1465.CD01137

Faulty involvement in NIHR HTA eczema and clothing project

Dr Fiona Cowdell and Eileen Wake are collaborating in the CLOTHES (Clothing for the Relief of Eczema Symptoms) trial which is the first large-scale independent, randomised controlled trial of silk clothing for the

Fiona Cowdell

management of eczema in children to establish the effectiveness of these new products. The research team is being led by Professor Kim Thomas from the Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology at The University of Nottingham. The trial has been funded by National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) Programme and is being co-ordinated from the Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit.

Eileen Wake

Two clothing distributors have donated the clothing for the trial. Members of the trial team Dr Fiona Cowdell and Eileen Wake from the Faculty of Health and Social  Care, University of Hull are working with parents and children at the end of the trial to assess their qualitative experiences of day-to-day use of the silk garments.