1. Validation of a Comprehensive Set of Pruritus Assessment Instruments: The Chronic Pruritus Tools Questionnaire PRURITOOLS.
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VERWEYEN, Emely, STÄNDER, Sonja, KREITZ, Kiana, HÖBEN, Inga, OSADA, Nani, GERNART, Marvin, RIEPE, Claudia, PEREIRA, Manuel, BLOME, Christine, AUGUSTIN, Matthias, and ZEIDLER, Claudia
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ITCHING , *INTRACLASS correlation , *RAPID tooling , *STATISTICAL reliability , *TEST validity - Abstract
Few studies have validated standard measurement instruments for evaluation of chronic pruritus. The Chronic Pruritus Tools Questionnaire PRURITOOLS assembles a set of instruments for the assessment of pruritus, such as the visual analogue scale (horizontal 100-mm line), numerical rating scale (0-10), verbal rating scale, and information on pruritus quality and improvement during therapy. This study, with 40 subjects, analysed PRURITOOLS regarding convergent validity and test-retest reliability (60 min), followed by a feasibility questionnaire. Test-retest reliability for PRURITOOLS items was excellent (intraclass correlation coefficient 0.84-1). Strong to very strong correlations between the pruritus intensity scales indicated convergent validity. The feasibility questionnaire showed an overall acceptance of PRURITOOLS, and the majority of subjects (82.5%) considered it an appropriate questionnaire to measure pruritus. In conclusion, PRURITOOLS offers validated tools for rapid pruritus assessment in routine care or endpoints of clinical trials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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