%0 Journal Article %T Scoring of Hand Eczema: Good Reliability of Hand Eczema Extent Score (HEES) %A Agneta G£¿nemo %A Annica Carlsson %A Berndt Stenberg %A Birgitta Meding %A Chris D. Anderson %A Hans Stenlund %A Ingebj£¿rg Holt %A Irina Baranovskaya %A Monica Hinds¨¦n-Stenstr£¿m %A £¿ke Svensson %J - %@ 1651-2057 %D 2017 %R 10.2340/00015555-2521 %X There is good agreement between dermatological staff and patients using the Hand Eczema Extent Score (HEES). The aim of this study was to assess inter- and intra-observer reliability of the HEES in dermatologists and intra-observer reliability of the HEES in patients with hand eczema. Six dermatologists assessed 18 patients twice. Only the hands of the patients were visible to the assessors. Patients performed a self-assessment twice. Inter- and intra-observer reliability was tested with intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). The mean HEES score for all dermatologists¡¯ assessments was 21.0 (range 3.6¨C46.3). The corresponding mean scores for all patients¡¯ own assessments were 24.9 (range 4.0¨C54.0). Inter-observer reliability in the dermatologists¡¯ observations ICC classification was very good, median value 0.82 (range 0.56¨C0.92). The overall intra-observer reliability for the 6 dermatologists¡¯ ICC classification was very good (range 0.88¨C0.94). Intra-observer reliability in the patients¡¯ 2 self-assessments ICC classification was very good (ICC 0.95). In conclusion, HEES is a reliable tool for both dermatologists and patients to grade the extent of hand eczema. %U http://www.medicaljournals.se/acta/content/abstract/10.2340/00015555-2521