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To determine the intra- and inter-individual variability and measurement reliability of forearm transepidermal water loss (TEWL) across multiple anatomical sites and days.

October 1, 1989Contact Dermatitis

The intra‐ and inter‐individual variability and reliability of transepidermal water loss measurements

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JPJaliya PinnagodaWitten/Herdecke University RTRon A. TupkerSt. Antonius Ziekenhuis JSJet SmitUniversity Medical Center Utrecht

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Repeated-measures study demonstrates high reliability and stability of baseline transepidermal water loss across days and sites in healthy adults, suggesting utility for predicting dermatitis risk.

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To determine the intra- and inter-individual variability and measurement reliability of forearm transepidermal water loss (TEWL) across multiple anatomical sites and days.
Assessed TEWL across 8 forearm sites and over 10 separate days using analysis of variance in 30 non-exposed healthy participants.
Re-evaluated variance parameters after excluding the two most distal measurement sites near the wrist.
Estimated intra- and inter-individual site variations were initially 15.5% and 84.5%, improving to 8.4% and 91.6% after excluding the two most distal wrist sites.
Day-to-day intra- and inter-individual variations across 10 days were 20.6% and 79.4%, demonstrating that baseline TEWL is a stable personal metric.

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Pinnagoda et al. (1989) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a709bc25671bbf00bc2bc55 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0536.1989.tb03205.x

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Repeated-measures study demonstrates high reliability and stability of baseline transepidermal water loss across days and sites in healthy adults, suggesting utility for predicting dermatitis risk.

The intra‐ and inter‐individual variability and reliability of transepidermal water loss measurements

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The intra‐ and inter‐individual variability and reliability of transepidermal water loss measurements

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