Ho C.-H.Sun C.-C.Tseng M.-P.CHIA-YU CHU2019-12-042019-12-0420061027-8117https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33845485467&partnerID=40&md5=510a80c0f53be6aaed6391fa29ed8ce9https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/434983Hand dermatitis is the most frequently recognized occupational skin disease. Comprehensive understanding of the epidemiology of hand dermatitis is crucial to be able to make a correct diagnosis or give appropriate recommendations for its management. From 1983 to 2002, among those referred to Contact Clinic at National Taiwan University Hospital, a total of 2568 patients were patch-tested. We recruited 716 cases of hand dermatitis with relevant contact history. After interview following a standardized questionnaire, patch testing with the European standard series and suspected allergens was administered. Among the 716 patients with hand dermatitis, the peak age group of male was 26-30 years of age and that of female was 21-25 years of age. Forty-eight percent (60.1% in men and 42.6% in women) of hand dermatitis was related to occupation. Builder, office workers, housewife, hairdresser and doctor/nurse/healthcare professionals were the most common types of occupation. Allergic contact dermatitis accounted for 38.2% in males and 33.5% in females. Overall, including occupational and non-occupational hand dermatitis, potassium dichromate and nickel sulphate were the first-rank allergens in male and female patients, respectively.Epidemiology; Hand dermatitis; Occupational dermatitis[SDGs]SDG3dichromate potassium; nickel sulfate; adolescent; adult; aged; article; child; construction work; controlled study; dermatitis; female; hairdresser; health care personnel; human; infant; interview; major clinical study; male; nurse; occupational exposure; office worker; patch test; physician; questionnaire; risk factor; skin allergyjournal article2-s2.0-33845485467