TY - JOUR
T1 - Occurrence, Chronicity and Intensity of Itch in a Clinical Consecutive Sample of Patients with Skin Diseases
T2 - A Multi-centre Study in 13 European Countries
AU - Schut, Christina
AU - Dalgard, Florence J
AU - Halvorsen, Jon Anders
AU - Gieler, Uwe
AU - Lien, Lars
AU - Aragones, Lucía Tomas
AU - Poot, Françoise
AU - Jemec, Gregor B E
AU - Misery, Laurent
AU - Kemény, Lajos
AU - Sampogna, Francesca
AU - van Middendorp, Henriët
AU - Balieva, Flora
AU - Linder, Dennis
AU - Szepietowski, Jacek C
AU - Lvov, Andrey
AU - Marron, Servando E
AU - Altunay, Ilknur K
AU - Finlay, Andrew Y
AU - Salek, Sam
AU - Kupfer, Jörg
PY - 2018/9/18
Y1 - 2018/9/18
N2 - Itch is an unpleasant symptom, affecting many dermatological patients. Studies investigating the occurrence and intensity of itch in dermatological patients often focus on a single skin disease and omit a control group with healthy skin. The aim of this multi-centre study was to assess the occurrence, chronicity and intensity (visual analogue scale 0-10) of itch in patients with different skin diseases and healthy-skin controls. Out of 3,530 dermatological patients, 54.3% reported itch (mean ± standard deviation itch intensity 5.5 ± 2.5), while out of 1,094 healthy-skin controls 8% had itch (3.6 ± 2.3). Chronic itch was reported by 36.9% of the patients and 4.7% of the healthy-skin controls. Itch was most frequent (occurrence rates higher than 80%) in patients with unclassified pruritus, prurigo and related conditions, atopic dermatitis and hand eczema. However, many patients with psychodermatological conditions and naevi also reported itch (occurrence rates higher than 19%).
AB - Itch is an unpleasant symptom, affecting many dermatological patients. Studies investigating the occurrence and intensity of itch in dermatological patients often focus on a single skin disease and omit a control group with healthy skin. The aim of this multi-centre study was to assess the occurrence, chronicity and intensity (visual analogue scale 0-10) of itch in patients with different skin diseases and healthy-skin controls. Out of 3,530 dermatological patients, 54.3% reported itch (mean ± standard deviation itch intensity 5.5 ± 2.5), while out of 1,094 healthy-skin controls 8% had itch (3.6 ± 2.3). Chronic itch was reported by 36.9% of the patients and 4.7% of the healthy-skin controls. Itch was most frequent (occurrence rates higher than 80%) in patients with unclassified pruritus, prurigo and related conditions, atopic dermatitis and hand eczema. However, many patients with psychodermatological conditions and naevi also reported itch (occurrence rates higher than 19%).
U2 - 10.2340/00015555-3040
DO - 10.2340/00015555-3040
M3 - Article
C2 - 30226526
VL - 99
SP - 146
EP - 151
JO - Acta Dermato-Venereologica
JF - Acta Dermato-Venereologica
SN - 0001-5555
IS - 2
ER -