The 5-D itch scale: A new measure of pruritus

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 587-593

  Elman, S ^a   Hynan, L S ^b   Gabriel, V ^c   Mayo, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Itch; Measure; Outcome; Pruritus; Questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITCH SCALE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCRATCHING; SKIN DISEASE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; DISABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 76949107786     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09586.x     Document Type: Article

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