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To compare the impact of chronic pruritus and chronic pain on quality of life using directly elicited health utility scores.

June 17, 2011Archives of Dermatology

The Impact of Pruritus on Quality of Life

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SKSeema P. KiniTopiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital

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Cross-sectional study reveals that chronic itch impairs quality of life similarly to chronic pain in adults, suggesting symptom severity drives burden.

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To compare the impact of chronic pruritus and chronic pain on quality of life using directly elicited health utility scores.
Conducted a cross-sectional study of adult patients experiencing chronic pruritus (N=73) or chronic pain (N=138) for at least 6 weeks across specialty clinics.
Directly elicited health utility scores representing quality of life and conducted multivariable regression analyses controlling for symptom severity, duration, and demographics.
The unadjusted mean (SD) utility score was 0.87 (0.27) for patients with pruritus compared with 0.77 (0.31) for patients with pain (P < .01).
In multivariable regression, symptom type was not a significant predictor of utility score (P = .43), whereas symptom severity (0.03, P < .05) and single marital status (-0.12, P = .02) remained significant predictors.

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Seema P. Kini (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dabaa3a6045d71bfa3df3e https://doi.org/10.1001/archdermatol.2011.178

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Cross-sectional study reveals that chronic itch impairs quality of life similarly to chronic pain in adults, suggesting symptom severity drives burden.

The Impact of Pruritus on Quality of Life

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The Impact of Pruritus on Quality of Life

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