Building a scale for measuring burden of hand eczema: BoHEM

No standard tool exists aimed to assess the extent of burden on individuals with chronic hand eczema (CHE).

A strict methodologic process involving three unique phases (conception, development, and validation) was put into action and the “self-administered Burden of Hand Eczema (BoHEM) questionnaire was developed” as a way of scaling the burden of CHE on patients.

Read a more in-depth description of the BoHEM scale at the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.