Are subjective accounts of itch to be relied on? The lack of relation between visual analogue itch scores and actigraphic measures of scratch

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-23

  Murray, Caroline Siân ^a   Rees, Jonathan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Bias; Pruritus; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SCRATCHING; SKIN PRURITUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRURITUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751556203     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1002     Document Type: Article

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