Abstract
Our initial observation of the effectiveness of habit reversal for habitual scratching in the treatment of chronic eczema1 led to its introduction at our UK clinic in 1989 2,3, and to the publication of our handbook for practitioners in 1996 4. Between 2005 and 2006, a prospective observational study of 43 successive patients with chronic eczema was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of habit reversal on disease severity and quality of life for up to 12 months. We recently read with interest the review by Daunton et al 5 on the use of habit reversal in eczema, in which 12 articles are considered - including 4 case reports, 3 case series and 3 RCTs. We note that the largest and most recent of these was in 1995, and included only 30 patients randomised to habit reversal.
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