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      Chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus: impact on quality of life and current management challenges

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          Chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus (CKD-aP) is a distressing, often overlooked condition in patients with CKD and end-stage renal disease. It affects ~40% of patients with end-stage renal disease and has been associated with poor quality of life, poor sleep, depression, and mortality. Prevalence estimates vary based on the instruments used to diagnose CKD-aP, and standardized diagnostic instruments are sorely needed. Treatment studies have often yielded conflicting results. This is likely related to studies that are limited by small sample size, flawed designs, and nonstandardized diagnostic instruments. Several large well-designed treatment trials have recently been completed and may soon influence CKD-aP management.

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          Assessment of pruritus intensity: prospective study on validity and reliability of the visual analogue scale, numerical rating scale and verbal rating scale in 471 patients with chronic pruritus.

          Ngoc Quan Phan, Christine Blome, Fleur Fritz … (2012)
          The most commonly used tool for self-report of pruritus intensity is the visual analogue scale (VAS). Similar tools are the numerical rating scale (NRS) and verbal rating scale (VRS). In the present study, initiated by the International Forum for the Study of Itch assessing reliability of these tools, 471 randomly selected patients with chronic itch (200 males, 271 females, mean age 58.44 years) recorded their pruritus intensity on VAS (100-mm line), NRS (0-10) and VRS (four-point) scales. Re-test reliability was analysed in a subgroup of 250 patients after one hour. Statistical analysis showed a high reliability and concurrent validity (r>0.8; p<0.01) for all tools. Mean values of all scales showed a high correlation. In conclusion, high reliability and concurrent validity was found for VAS, NRS and VRS. On re-test, higher correlation and less missing values were observed. A training session before starting a clinical trial is recommended.
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            The 5-D itch scale: a new measure of pruritus.

            L Hynan, Gwenda Mayo, V Gabriel … (2010)
            Itching is a subjective and multidimensional experience which is difficult to quantify. Most methodologies to assess itching suffer from being unidimensional, for example only measuring intensity without impact on quality of life, or only measuring scratching activity. None has actually been demonstrated to be able to detect change over time, which is essential to using them as an outcome measure of response to an intervention. The 5-D itch scale was developed as a brief but multidimensional questionnaire designed to be useful as an outcome measure in clinical trials. The five dimensions are degree, duration, direction, disability and distribution. To study the 5-D with respect to validity, reliability and response to change. The 5-D was administered to 234 individuals with chronic pruritus due to liver disease (n = 63), kidney disease (n = 36), dermatological disorders (n = 56), HIV/AIDS (n = 28) and burn injuries (n = 51). The 5-D was administered at baseline and after a 6-week follow-up period. A subset of 50 untreated patients was retested after 3 days to assess test-retest reliability. The 5-D score correlated strongly with a visual analogue score: r = 0.727 at baseline (P < 0.0001), r = 0.868 at the 3-day repeat (P < 0.0001), and r = 0.892 at the 6-week follow-up (P < 0.0001). There was no change in mean 5-D score between day 1 and day 3 in untreated individuals (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.96, P < 0.0001). The 5-D did, however, detect significant changes in pruritus over the 6-week follow-up period (P < 0.0001). Subanalysis of the different patient groups revealed similar response patterns and scores, with the exception of lower total scores for the burn victims due to lower scores on the distribution domain because they itched only at the site of their burn. The 5-D, therefore, is a reliable, multidimensional measure of itching that has been validated in patients with chronic pruritus to able to detect changes over time. The 5-D should be useful as an outcome measure in clinical trials.
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              Skindex, a quality-of-life measure for patients with skin disease: reliability, validity, and responsiveness.

              Laura Quinn, N Mostow, J. Lasek … (1996)
              To measure the effects of skin disease on patients' quality of life, we developed a 61-item self-administered survey instrument called Skindex. Skindex has eight scales, each of which addresses a construct, or an abstract component, in a comprehensive conceptual framework: cognitive effects, social effects, depression, fear, embarrassment, anger, physical discomfort, and physical limitations. Item responses are standardized from 0 (no effect) to 100 (maximal effect); a scale score is the average of responses to items addressing a construct. In 201 patients seen by dermatologists, mean scale scores (+/-SD) ranged from 14 (+/-17) for physical limitations to 31 (+/-22) for physical discomfort. Scale scores were reproducible after 72 h (r = 0.68-0.90) and were internally consistent (Cronbach's alpha = 0.76-0.86). Construct validity was assessed in two ways: (i) in a comparison of patients with inflammatory dermatoses and patients with isolated lesions, patients with inflammatory dermatoses had higher scale scores, and (ii) in an exploratory factor analysis, 78% of the common variance was explained by seven factors that correlated with the scale scores of Skindex. Most of the a priori scale scores changed in the expected direction in patients who reported that their skin conditions had improved or worsened after 6 mo. Finally, physicians' judgments of disease severity did not consistently correlate with Skindex scores. These preliminary data suggest that Skindex reliably and responsively measures the effects of skin disease on patients' quality of life and may supplement clinical judgments of disease severity.
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Int J Nephrol Renovasc Dis
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Int J Nephrol Renovasc Dis
                Journal ID (publisher-id): International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease
                Title: International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease
                Publisher: Dove Medical Press
                ISSN (Electronic): 1178-7058
                Publication date Collection: 2017
                Publication date (Electronic): 23 January 2017
                Volume: 10
                Pages: 11-26
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY
                [2 ]Mathur Consulting, Woodside, CA, USA
                Author notes
                Correspondence: Shayan Shirazian, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital, 200 Old Country Road, Suite 135, Mineola, NY 11501, USA, Tel +1 516 663 2169, Fax +1 516 663 2179, Email sshirazian@ 123456winthrop.org
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                Publisher ID: ijnrd-10-011
                DOI: 10.2147/IJNRD.S108045
                PMC ID: 5271405
                SO-VID: 7dde8a5a-c3d5-4ee2-b351-292694c2c956
                Copyright © © 2017 Shirazian et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Nephrology
                Keywords: pruritus,chronic kidney disease,uremia,end-stage renal disease,itching,depression
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                Keywords: pruritus, chronic kidney disease, uremia, end-stage renal disease, itching, depression

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