Itch intensity evaluated in the German Atopic Dermatitis Intervention Study (GADIS): Correlations with quality of life, coping behaviour and SCORAD severity in 823 children

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 234-239

  Weisshaar, Elke ^a   Diepgen, Thomas L ^a   Bruckner, Thomas ^a   Fartasch, Manigé ^b   Kupfer, Jörg ^c   Lobcorzilius, Thomas ^d   Ring, Johannes ^e   Scheewe, Sibylle ^f   Scheidt, Reginald ^a   Schmid Ott, Gerhardt ^g   Schnopp, Christina ^e   Staab, Doris ^h   Szczepanski, Rüdiger ^d   Werfel, Thomas ^g   Wittenmeier, Marita ⁱ   Wahn, Ulrich ^h   Gieler, Uwe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^d Children's Hospital Osnabrück   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f Rehabilitation Clinic for Children and Adolescents   (Germany)

^g HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^h HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ Childrens Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Coping behaviour; Itch; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 44349168425     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0432     Document Type: Article

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