Questionnaires to assess chronic itch: A consensus paper of the special interest group of the international forum on the study of itch

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 493-496

  Elke, Weisshaar ^a   Uwe, Gieler ^b   Jörg, Kupfer ^b   Masutaka, Furue ^c   Hidehisa, Saeki ^d   Gil, Yosipovitch ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Itch; Itch characteristics; Itch measurement; Pruritus; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ECZEMA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PRURITUS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84868357631     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1402     Document Type: Article

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