Multicentre study ‘rehabilitation of occupational skin diseases –optimization and quality assurance of inpatient management (ROQ)’–results from 12‐month follow‐up

Abstract

A randomized controlled trial would have been desirable, but was not possible, for legal and other reasons. However, the long-term 12-month follow-up shows that the TIP is associated with sustained improvements in terms of ability to work, QoL, and prognosis, and reductions in days of absence from work because of skin conditions and topical corticosteroid application. These results indicate that the TIP provided a reduction in the personal and public burden of OSD.