ESSCA

European Surveillance System on Contact Allergies

Description

Contact allergy is a frequent condition (with up to 20% of the general population affected), and its clinical manifestation - allergic contact dermatitis (incidence approximately 7 per 1000 per year)- has considerable socioeconomic impact. Recommendations concerning primary prevention must be founded on sound scientific knowledge concerning occurrence of allergen exposures in the population. To provide such data on a European scale, the expert network ESSCA has been conceived. The aim of ESSCA is the continuous analysis (surveillance) of pooled data for different purposes. This includes internal quality control, which is both a prerequisite, and an outcome of this multicentre activity. Furthermore, international comparisons which reflect the effects of a wider than strictly national allergen exposure variation, time-trend analyses, and subgroup analyses are performed, including the possible occurrence of known allergens in new exposure contexts. These analyses shall provide a valuable starting point for lowering the incidence of contact allergies. For industry, such analyses can serve the purpose of post marketing surveillance of product safety.

General Design

Type
Cohort study
Cohort type
Clinical cohort
Data collection type
Retrospective, Prospective
Design
Longitudinal
Design description
Data from patch testing is collected from regular care and stored in the databank.
Start/End data collection
1996 (ongoing)
PID
https://doi.org/10.34760/6aaa7c98ce9c8

Population

Countries
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the), Switzerland, Spain, Slovenia, Portugal, Poland, Netherlands (the), Lithuania, Italy, Hungary, Greece, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, Austria
Number of participants with samples
240000
Population age groups
All ages
Main medical condition
  • XII Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Organisations

Lead organisations
  • University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
    Dermatology
    Netherlands (the)
    https://www.umcg.nl

    Data originator, Data holder, Data provider, Researcher, Surveillance, Data access provider

Contributors

Available Data & Samples

Data categories

  • Medical records
  • Other

Areas of information

  • Administrative information
  • Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
  • Symptoms and signs
  • Physical measures and assessments
  • Physical environment

Subpopulations

List of subpopulations for this resource
No results for current selection

Collection events

List of collection events defined for this resource
No results for current selection

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