TY - JOUR
T1 - A questionnaire for the assessment of pruritus
T2 - Validation in uremic patients
AU - Yosipovitch, G.
AU - Zucker, I.
AU - Boner, G.
AU - Gafter, U.
AU - Shapira, Y.
AU - David, M.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - A questionnaire was constructed for the evaluation and measurement of pruritus. The questionnaire, based on the short form of the McGill Pain Questionnaire, was tested in 145 patients suffering from uremic pruritus and currently undergoing hemodialysis treatment in 3 centers. The newly developed questionnaire proved to be reliable and provided valid data on the sensory, affective and overall intensity of uremic pruritus. The data suggest that uremic pruritus tends to be prolonged, frequently intense and a major source of distress to the patient. Dialysis was not found to influence the pruritus. The questionnaire may also be useful in pruritus secondary to other causes.
AB - A questionnaire was constructed for the evaluation and measurement of pruritus. The questionnaire, based on the short form of the McGill Pain Questionnaire, was tested in 145 patients suffering from uremic pruritus and currently undergoing hemodialysis treatment in 3 centers. The newly developed questionnaire proved to be reliable and provided valid data on the sensory, affective and overall intensity of uremic pruritus. The data suggest that uremic pruritus tends to be prolonged, frequently intense and a major source of distress to the patient. Dialysis was not found to influence the pruritus. The questionnaire may also be useful in pruritus secondary to other causes.
KW - Itch: questionnaire
KW - Uremic pruritus
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034917734&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00015550152384236
DO - 10.1080/00015550152384236
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C2 - 11501646
AN - SCOPUS:0034917734
SN - 0001-5555
VL - 81
SP - 108
EP - 111
JO - Acta Dermato-Venereologica
JF - Acta Dermato-Venereologica
IS - 2
ER -