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Occupational eczema (NOSQ)
The Nordic Occupational Skin Questionnaire (NOSQ-2002) was designed to study work-related skin diseases (SD) and work exposures causing SD. In Lifelines, the short version of the NOSQ was used (i.e. the 7 items focusing on SD rather than the more general demographic and occupational information).
Background
Skin diseases(SD) are quite common in western countries. According to “Huidpatiënten Nederland”, an organisation that looks in SD in the Netherlands and tries to help people with those diseases, more than 1 million people in the Netherlands suffer from SD. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) estimates this at 1,2 million people.
In a large review cobining data from 20 years and 15 different skin conditions, it was found that these 15 skin conditions combined are the fourth leading cause of non-fatal disease burden on a global level 1)
SD are often related to work, due to exposure to allergens and irritants in the workplace. Chronic dermatosis affecting the hands is the most common, with hand eczema constituting 90%-95% of all occupational skin disease symptoms 2). These conditions are mostly found in workers of jobs that involve manual labour, such as healthcare workers, hairdressers, car mechanics, and industrial workers like those working in food production, car manufacturing or those that work construction.
| Questions English | Questions Dutch | Variable | Assessment | Age |
| Have you ever had hand eczema | Hebt u ooit handeczeem gehad? | NOSQ1 | 3A | 18+ |
| Have you ever had eczema on your wrists or forearms (excluding fronts of elbows)? | Hebt u ooit eczeem op uw polsen of onderarmen gehad (behalve de binnenkant van uw elleboog?) | NOSQ2 | 3A | 18+ |
| Hand eczema / When did you last have eczema on your hands, wrists or forearms? | Handeczeem / Wanneer hebt u voor het laatst eczeem aan uw handen of polsen/onderarmen gehad? | NOSQ3A | 3A | 18+ |
| In which year was the last time you had hand eczema? | In welk jaar had u voor het laatst last van handeczeem? | NOSQ3ATXT | 3A | 18+ |
| Wrist/Forearm eczema / When did you last have eczema on your hands, wrists or forearms? | Pols-/onderarmeczeem / Wanneer hebt u voor het laatst eczeem aan uw handen of polsen/onderarmen gehad? | NOSQ3B | 3A | 18+ |
| In which year was the last time you had wrist/forearm eczema? | In welk jaar had u voor het laatst last van pols-/onderarmeczeem? | NOSQ3BTXT | 3A | 18+ |
| Hand eczema / When did you first have eczema on your hands, wrists or forearms? | Handeczeem / Wanneer hebt u voor het eerst eczeem aan uw handen of polsen/onderarmen gehad? | NOSQ3C | 3A | 18+ |
| In which year was the first time you had hand eczema? | In welk jaar begon de handeczeem? | NOSQ3CTXT | 3A | 18+ |
| Wrist/Forearm eczema / When did you first have eczema on your hands, wrists or forearms? | Pols-/onderarmeczeem / Wanneer hebt u voor het eerst eczeem aan uw handen of polsen/onderarmen gehad? | NOSQ3D | 3A | 18+ |
| In which year was the first time you had wrist/forearm eczema? | In welk jaar begon de pols-/onderarmeczeem? | NOSQ3DTXT | 3A | 18+ |
| Hand eczema / Have you noticed that contact with certain materials, chemicals or anything else in your work makes your eczema worse? | Handeczeem / Hebt u gemerkt dat contact met bepaalde materialen, chemicaliën of iets anders op uw werk uw eczeem verergert? | NOSQ4A | 3A | 18+ |
| What makes your hand eczema worse? / Have you noticed that contact with certain materials, chemicals or anything else in your work makes your eczema worse? | Wat maakt de handeczeem erger? | NOSQ4ATXT | 3A | 18+ |
| Wrist/Forearm eczema / Have you noticed that contact with certain materials, chemicals or anything else in your work makes your eczema worse? | Pols-/onderarmeczeem / hebt u gemerkt dat contact met bepaalde materialen, chemicaliën of iets anders op uw werk uw eczeem verergert? | NOSQ4B | 3A | 18+ |
| What makes your Wrist/Forearm eczema worse? / Have you noticed that contact with certain materials, chemicals or anything else in your work makes your eczema worse? | Wat maakt de pols-/onderarmeczeem erger? | NOSQ4BTXT | 3A | 18+ |
| Hand eczema / Have you noticed that contact with certain materials, chemicals or anything else outside your work makes your eczema worse? | Handeczeem / Hebt u gemerkt dat contact met bepaalde materialen, chemicaliën of iets anders buiten uw werk uw eczeem verergert? | NOSQ5A | 3A | 18+ |
| What makes your hand eczema worse? / Have you noticed that contact with certain materials, chemicals or anything else outside your work makes your eczema worse? | Wat maakt de handeczeem erger? | NOSQ5ATXT | 3A | 18+ |
| Wrist/Forearm eczema / Have you noticed that contact with certain materials, chemicals or anything else outside your work makes your eczema worse? | Pols-/onderarmeczeem / Hebt u gemerkt dat contact met bepaalde materialen, chemicaliën of iets anders buiten uw werk uw eczeem verergert? | NOSQ5B | 3A | 18+ |
| What makes your Wrist/Forearm eczema worse? / Have you noticed that contact with certain materials, chemicals or anything else outside your work makes your eczema worse? | Wat maakt de pols-/onderarmeczeem erger? | NOSQ5BTXT | 3A | 18+ |
| Hand eczema / Does your eczema improve when you are away from your normal work (for example weekends or longer periods) | Handeczeem / Verbetert uw eczeem wanneer u niet op uw normale werk bent (bijvoorbeeld in weekenden en vakantieperioden?) | NOSQ6A | 3A | 18+ |
| Wrist/forearm eczema / Does your eczema improve when you are away from your normal work (for example weekends or longer periods) | Pols-/onderarmeczeem / Verbetert uw eczeem wanneer u niet op uw normale werk bent (bijvoorbeeld in weekenden en vakantieperioden?) | NOSQ6B | 3A | 18+ |
| Have you ever had an itchy rash that has been coming and going for at least 6 months, and at some time has affected skin creases? (by skin creases we mean folds of elbows, behind the knees, fronts of ankles, under buttocks, around the neck, ears, or eyes) | Hebt u ooit jeukende uitslag gehad die gedurende 6 maanden steeds weer opnieuw opkwam en die soms de huidplooien aantastte? (Met huidplooien wordt bedoeld de plooien in de ellebogen, de knieholten, de voorkant van de enkels, onder de billen, en rond nek, oren of ogen?) | NOSQ7 | 3A | 18+ |
