Utility of a Single Itch-Related Question and the Skindex-10 Questionnaire for Assessing Pruritus and Predicting Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus has been linked with poorer mental and physical health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) in patients receiving hemodialysis. We used the Skindex-10 questionnaire and a single itch-related question to evaluate their prediction of HR-QOL.

Study design

Prospective, international cohort.

Setting & participants

We analyzed data from 4,940 patients receiving hemodialysis from 17 countries enrolled in phase 5 (2013) of the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study.

Predictors

The responses to the 10 questions of Skindex-10 (0-6 scale) pertaining to itchiness in the past week were summed to create a summary score (range, 0-60). Concurrently, a single question from the Kidney Disease Quality of Life 36-

SUBMITTER: Lopes MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9149192 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature