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Occurrence, chronicity and intensity of itch in a clinical consecutive sample of patients with skin diseases: A multi-centre study in 13 european countries

par Schut, Christina;Dalgard, Florence F.J.;Halvorsen, Jon Anders;Gieler, Uwe;Lien, L.;Aragones, Lucia Tomas;Poot, Françoise ;Jemec, Gregor;Misery, Laurent;Kemény, Lajos;Sampogna, Francesca;van Middendorp, Henriët;Balieva, Flora;Linder, Dennis;Szepietowski, Jacek J.C.;Lvov, Andrey;Marron, Servando S.E.;Altunay, I.K.;Finlay, ANDREW Yule;Salek, S.S.;Kupfer, Jörg
Référence Acta dermato-venereologica, 99, 2, page (146-151)
Publication Publié, 2019-02-01

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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 psychodermato-logical conditions and naevi also reported itch (occur-rence rates higher than 19%).