Itch as a patient-reported symptom in ambulatory care visits in the United States

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 550-556

  Shive, Melissa ^a,c   Linos, Eleni ^b   Berger, Timothy ^b   Wehner, Mackenzie ^b,d   Chren, Mary Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinic; clinic visits; epidemiology; itch; National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey; outpatient pruritus; quality of life; skin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANUS PRURITUS; ASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; EAR PRURITUS; EYELID PRURITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP PRURITUS; SCROTUM DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PRURITUS; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL PRURITUS; VULVA PRURITUS;

CLINIC; CLINIC VISITS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ITCH; NATIONAL AMBULATORY MEDICAL CARE SURVEY; OUTPATIENT; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884349684     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.05.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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