Monitoring Sleep and Scratch Improves Quality of Life in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis.

ABSTRACT: Atopic dermatitis itch may cause sleep disturbance and impair quality of life. For patients finding topical therapy difficult to continue, it is important to control itch and reduce scratching. This study developed algorithms to measure nocturnal sleep and scratch, using an actigraph device worn on the back of the hand, and assessed smartphone application feedback to improve adherence with therapy. In the first trial, actigraph measurements in 5 participants who wore the device were highly correlated with measurements by a sleep-monitoring device beneath the mattress. Total actigraph-measured scratching duration for each hour of sleep was highly correlated with measurements by a person rating infrared video-recording of the sleepers. In the second trial, 40 patients with atopic dermatitis

SUBMITTER: Yasuda KI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10566516 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature