German version of itchyQol: Validation and initial clinical findings

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 562-568

  Krause, Karoline ^a   Kessler, Birgit ^a   Weller, Karsten ^a   Veidt, Jennifer ^a   Chen, Suephy C ^b   Martus, Peter ^c   Church, Martin K ^a   Metz, Martin ^a   Maurer, Marcus ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Itch; ItchyQol; Pruritus; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHRONIC PRURITUS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; GERMAN VERSION OF ITCHY QUALITY OF LIFE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT FORM 12; SYMPTOM; URTICARIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883470069     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1544     Document Type: Article

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