Patient Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM)
(To be filled in by parents or assisted by parents)
The Patient Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) is a fully patient-derived and patient-assessed scale tool for monitoring the severity of atopic dermatitis (AD), focusing on the illness as experienced by the patient. POEM is a 6-question tool suitable for outpatient clinic, auditing, epidemiological studies, and clinical trial use. POEM is also recommended as the core outcome instrument for measuring patient-reported symptoms in eczema trials.
POEM has been validated for AD patients of all ages. This version of POEM is intended for the parents of pediatric patients. Click here to fill in the form for yourself.
Please select 1 answer for each of the 7 questions below about your child’s eczema. If your child is old enough to understand the questions, then please fill in the questionnaire together. Please leave blank any questions you feel unable to answer.
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin been itchy because of his/her eczema?
Please select a range
  • No days
  • 1-2 days
  • 3-4 days
  • 5-6 days
  • Every day
Over the last week, on how many nights has your child’s sleep been disturbed because of his/her eczema?
Please select a range
  • No days
  • 1-2 days
  • 3-4 days
  • 5-6 days
  • Every day
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin been bleeding because of his/her eczema?
Please select a range
  • No days
  • 1-2 days
  • 3-4 days
  • 5-6 days
  • Every day
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin been weeping or oozing clear fluid because of his/her eczema?
Please select a range
  • No days
  • 1-2 days
  • 3-4 days
  • 5-6 days
  • Every day
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin been cracked because of his/her eczema?
Please select a range
  • No days
  • 1-2 days
  • 3-4 days
  • 5-6 days
  • Every day
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin been flaking off because of his/her eczema?
Please select a range
  • No days
  • 1-2 days
  • 3-4 days
  • 5-6 days
  • Every day
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin felt dry or rough because of his/her eczema?
Please select a range
  • No days
  • 1-2 days
  • 3-4 days
  • 5-6 days
  • Every day
Result
Total score:
Classified as clear or almost clear mild AD moderate AD severe AD very severe AD at a score of 0-2 3-7 8-16 17-24 25-28 points.
Score
0-2
3-7
8-16
17-24
25-28
AD status
Clear or almost clear
Mild disease
Moderate disease
Severe disease
Very severe disease
Score breakdown :
 
 
Selection
Score
1
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin been itchy because of his/her eczema?
N/A
0
2
Over the last week, on how many nights has your child’s sleep been disturbed because of his/her eczema?
N/A
0
3
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin been bleeding because of his/her eczema?
N/A
0
4
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin been weeping or oozing clear fluid because of his/her eczema?
N/A
0
5
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin been cracked because of his/her eczema?
N/A
0
6
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin been flaking off because of his/her eczema?
N/A
0
7
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin felt dry or rough because of his/her eczema?
N/A
0
Scoring Principle :

Each question is scored between 0-4 points from left to right with a maximum of 28 points from the above 7 questions. If 1 question is left unanswered, the score for that question is 0, but if >1 questions are unanswered, the score is invalid. Bandings for the severity of AD are established as follows: clear or almost clear (0-2); mild disease (3-7); moderate disease (8-16); severe disease (17-24); very severe disease (25-28).

If you are concerned that your eczema may not be well controlled, please seek medical advice. Bring your completed test results with you at your next scheduled consultation and speak to your doctor with the help of the test results to describe how your eczema is affecting you.

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All submitted data were anonymized and not kept for record. Feel free to use the information to assess your atopic dermatitis status.

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References:

  1. POEM-Patient Oriented Eczema Measure. The University of Nottingham. Available at: https://rb.gy/xkzieb. Accessed on: February 28, 2023.
  2. POEM for proxy completion. The University of Nottingham. Available at: https://rb.gy/chett4. Accessed on: February 28, 2023.
  3. POEM for self-completion. The university of Nottingham. Available at: https://rb.gy/7ln0u0. Accessed on: February 28, 2023.

Dear visitor,

Thank you for using the atopic dermatitis (AD) assessment tool provided by EczemaSchool. Your Patient Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) results have been summarized below.

Result
Total score:
Classified as clear or almost clear mild AD moderate AD severe AD very severe AD at a score of 0-2 3-7 8-16 17-24 25-28 points.
Score
0-2
3-7
8-16
17-24
25-28
AD status
Clear or almost clear
Mild disease
Moderate disease
Severe disease
Very severe disease
Score breakdown :
 
 
Selection
Score
1
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin been itchy because of his/her eczema?
N/A
0
2
Over the last week, on how many nights has your child’s sleep been disturbed because of his/her eczema?
N/A
0
3
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin been bleeding because of his/her eczema?
N/A
0
4
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin been weeping or oozing clear fluid because of his/her eczema?
N/A
0
5
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin been cracked because of his/her eczema?
N/A
0
6
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin been flaking off because of his/her eczema?
N/A
0
7
Over the last week, on how many days has your child’s skin felt dry or rough because of his/her eczema?
N/A
0
Scoring Principle :

Each question is scored between 0-4 points from left to right with a maximum of 28 points from the above 7 questions. If 1 question is left unanswered, the score for that question is 0, but if >1 questions are unanswered, the score is invalid. Bandings for the severity of AD are established as follows: clear or almost clear (0-2); mild disease (3-7); moderate disease (8-16); severe disease (17-24); very severe disease (25-28).

If you are concerned that your eczema may not be well controlled, please seek medical advice. Bring your completed test results with you at your next scheduled consultation and speak to your doctor with the help of the test results to describe how your eczema is affecting you.

All submitted data were anonymized and not kept for record. Feel free to use the information to assess your atopic dermatitis status.

References:

  1. POEM-Patient Oriented Eczema Measure. The University of Nottingham. Available at: https://rb.gy/xkzieb. Accessed on: February 28, 2023.
  2. POEM for proxy completion. The University of Nottingham. Available at: https://rb.gy/chett4. Accessed on: February 28, 2023.
  3. POEM for self-completion. The university of Nottingham. Available at: https://rb.gy/7ln0u0. Accessed on: February 28, 2023.

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