Prevalence and predictors of psychosocial morbidity in patients with chronic pruritic skin diseases

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 810-817

  van Os Medendorp, H ^a   Eland de Kok, P C M ^a   Grypdonck, M ^a   Bruijnzeel Koomen, C A F M ^a   Ros, W J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Morbidity; Prevalence; Pruritus; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HELPLESSNESS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCRATCHING; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 33746275592     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01647.x     Document Type: Article

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