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Usability of Validated Sleep-assessment Questionnaires in Patients with Chronic Pruritus: An Interview-based Study.
- Source :
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Acta dermato-venereologica [Acta Derm Venereol] 2018 Aug 29; Vol. 98 (8), pp. 722-727. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Impaired sleep due to nocturnal pruritus is a common symptom in patients with chronic pruritus. However, there is no standardized, simplified instrument for assessing sleep-related problems in patients with chronic pruritus. After a literature search, we conducted 50 interviews with patients with chronic pruritus and tested 12 items most frequently used in routine sleep questionnaires. Afterwards, 2 sleep assessment questionnaires (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; Regensburg Insomnia Scale) were selected for use in 88 patients with chronic pruritus with sleep impairment due to pruritus. They were completed twice; once before optimizing their individual pruritus therapy and once again after 4 weeks. During the latter survey, 21 patients reported that pruritus no longer negatively affected their sleep. These patients also achieved a significant improvement in their sleeping behaviour in the Regensburg Insomnia Scale. Therefore, the Regensburg Insomnia Scale appears to be well-suited to assessing sleep impairment in patients with chronic pruritus.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antipruritics therapeutic use
Chronic Disease
Female
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Male
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Pruritus diagnosis
Pruritus physiopathology
Pruritus therapy
Reproducibility of Results
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders etiology
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders physiopathology
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders prevention & control
Treatment Outcome
Pruritus complications
Sleep
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders diagnosis
Surveys and Questionnaires
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1651-2057
- Volume :
- 98
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Acta dermato-venereologica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29691587
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-2947