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Pruritus and associated factors in patients with psoriasis
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Itch, psoriasis
Abstract
Objective: To determine the frequency of itch and its correlation with some clinical characteristics of psoriatic patients at Ho Chi Minh city Hospital of Dermato-Venereology. Subject and method: A descriptive cross-sectional study includes 83 patients with psoriasis. Result: All of psoriatic patients have itching symptom and 96.4% patients suffered from a chronic itch. Itch predominatly involved legs, scalp and back. Psoriasis area and Severity Index (PASI) was stastistically higher in patients with intense itch in comparison with patients with mild itch (p<0.001). Conclusion: Pruritus is very common in psotiatic patients. Therefore, improving the management of itch can provide better treatment outcome for psoriatic patients.
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3. Bolognia JL, Schaffer JV, Cerroni L (2018) Dermatology psoriasis. Elsevier.
4. Shutty BG, West C, Huang KE, Landis E, Dabade T, Browder B, O'Neill J, Kinney MA, Feneran AN, Taylor S, Yentzer B, McCall WV, Fleischer AB Jr, Feldman SR (2013) Sleep disturbances in psoriasis. Dermatol Online J 19(1):1.
5. Czarnecka-Operacz M, Polańska A, Klimańska M, Teresiak-Mikołajczak E et al (2015) Itching sensation in psoriatic patients and its relation to body mass index and IL-17 and IL-31 concentrations. Postepy Dermatol Alergol 32(6): 426-430.
6. Draelos Z (2008) Moisturizing cream ameliorates dryness and desquamation in participants not receiving topical psoriasis treatment. Cutis; cutaneous medicine for the practitioner 82: 211-216.
7. Elewski B, Alexis A F, Lebwohl M, Stein Gold L, et al (2019) Itch: An under-recognized problem in psoriasis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 33(8): 1465-1476.
8. Haydek CG, Love E, Mollanazar N K, Valdes Rodriguez R et al (2017) Validation and banding of the itchyquant: A self-report itch severity scale. J Invest Dermatol 137(1): 57-61.
9. Jaworecka K, Kwiatkowska D, Gulekon A, Szepietowski JC, Narbutt J, Owczarczyk-Saczonek A, Reich A (2021) Characteristics of Pruritus in Various Clinical Variants of Psoriasis: Results of the Multinational, Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Study. Life (Basel) 11(7):623. doi: 10.3390/life11070623.
10. Komiya E, Tominaga M, (2020) Molecular and cellular mechanisms of itch in psoriasis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21(21):8406. doi: 10.3390/ijms21218406.
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Jan 12, 2023
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AnhL. V. (2023). Pruritus and associated factors in patients with psoriasis. Tạp Chí Y Dược lâm sàng 108, 17(8). https://doi.org/10.52389/ydls.v17i8.1587