PRURITUS CHARACTERISTICS IN A LARGE ITALIAN COHORT OF PSORIATIC PATIENTS.

Damiani, Giovanni; Cazzaniga, Simone; Conic, Rosalynn Rz; Naldi, Luigi (2019). PRURITUS CHARACTERISTICS IN A LARGE ITALIAN COHORT OF PSORIATIC PATIENTS. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV, 33(7), pp. 1316-1324. Wiley 10.1111/jdv.15539

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Background

Psoriasis (Ps) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease associated with pruritus in 64-98% of patients. However, few modestly sized studies assess factors associated with psoriatic pruritus.

Objective

To investigate factors associated with Ps pruritus intensity.

Methods

Psoriasis patients 18 years or older seen in one of 155 centers in Italy between September 2005 and 2009 were identified from the Italian PsoCare registry. Patients without cutaneous psoriasis and those with missed information on pruritus were excluded.

Results

We identified 10,802 patients, with a mean age 48.8±14.3 years. Mild itch was present in 33.2% of patients, moderate in 34.4%, severe in 18.7% and very severe in 13.7%. Higher itch intensity was associated with female gender, lower educational attainment compared to university degree, pustular psoriasis, psoriasis on the head, face, palmoplantar areas, folds and genitalia, more severe disease, disease duration <15 years, and no or few prior systemic treatments.

Limitations

Effects of specific medication on itch were not assessed.

Conclusions

Pruritus should be evaluated during psoriasis visits, and physicians should be aware of patients at higher risk for itch. Further studies are needed to assess the effects of medications on itch, and establish therapy for psoriasis patients with persistent itch.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Dermatology

UniBE Contributor:

Cazzaniga, Simone

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1468-3083

Publisher:

Wiley

Language:

English

Submitter:

Andrea Studer-Gauch

Date Deposited:

30 Dec 2019 09:06

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:33

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/jdv.15539

PubMed ID:

31736536

Uncontrolled Keywords:

education itch pruritus psoriasis pustular psoriasis treatment

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.136791

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/136791

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