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_id: '11574'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'While psychological factors are relevant in many patients with chronic pruritus,
    not all patients can be offered psychologic, psychosomatic or psychiatric consultation.
    The aim of this exploratory study was to identify criteria suggestive of psychological
    factors relevant for the etiology of chronic pruritus and of somatoform pruritus.
    Routine data from the database of the Center for Chronic Pruritus of the University
    Hospital Münster were used, including the Neuroderm Questionnaire, Dermatology
    Life Quality Index and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. chronic pruritus
    patients (n = 3,391) without a psychiatric diagnosis in their medical history
    were compared to the 331 chronic pruritus patients with diagnoses of “psychological
    factors associated with etiology and course of chronic pruritus” (ICD-10:F54)
    or “somatoform pruritus” (F45.8) confirmed by an expert. The latter reported more
    pruritus triggers, especially “strain” and “emotional tension” and used more emotional
    adjectives to describe their pruritus. They reported more often scratching leading
    to excoriations, higher levels of pruritus, impairment of quality of life, anxiety
    and depression. These aspects suggest the presence of psychological factors in
    the etiology of chronic pruritus and somatoform pruritus. Prospective validation,
    however, needs to be carried out. '
author:
- first_name: Gudrun
  full_name: Schneider, Gudrun
  last_name: Schneider
- first_name: Anna
  full_name: Grebe, Anna
  last_name: Grebe
- first_name: Philipp
  full_name: Bruland, Philipp
  id: '75847'
  last_name: Bruland
  orcid: 0000-0001-6939-7630
- first_name: Gereon
  full_name: Heuft, Gereon
  last_name: Heuft
- first_name: Sonja
  full_name: Ständer, Sonja
  last_name: Ständer
citation:
  ama: 'Schneider G, Grebe A, Bruland P, Heuft G, Ständer S. Criteria Suggestive of
    Psychological Components of Itch and Soma­toform Itch: Study of a Large Sample
    of Patients with Chronic Pruritus. <i>Acta dermato-venereologica : a journal for
    clinical and experimental research in the field of dermatology and venereology</i>.
    2020;100(6):adv00075-7. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-3424">10.2340/00015555-3424</a>'
  apa: 'Schneider, G., Grebe, A., Bruland, P., Heuft, G., &#38; Ständer, S. (2020).
    Criteria Suggestive of Psychological Components of Itch and Soma­toform Itch:
    Study of a Large Sample of Patients with Chronic Pruritus. <i>Acta Dermato-Venereologica :
    A Journal for Clinical and Experimental Research in the Field of Dermatology and
    Venereology</i>, <i>100</i>(6), adv00075-7. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-3424">https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-3424</a>'
  bjps: '<b>Schneider G <i>et al.</i></b> (2020) Criteria Suggestive of Psychological
    Components of Itch and Soma­toform Itch: Study of a Large Sample of Patients with
    Chronic Pruritus. <i>Acta dermato-venereologica : a journal for clinical and experimental
    research in the field of dermatology and venereology</i> <b>100</b>, adv00075-7.'
  chicago: 'Schneider, Gudrun, Anna Grebe, Philipp Bruland, Gereon Heuft, and Sonja
    Ständer. “Criteria Suggestive of Psychological Components of Itch and Soma­toform
    Itch: Study of a Large Sample of Patients with Chronic Pruritus.” <i>Acta Dermato-Venereologica :
    A Journal for Clinical and Experimental Research in the Field of Dermatology and
    Venereology</i> 100, no. 6 (2020): adv00075-7. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-3424">https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-3424</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Schneider, Gudrun, Anna Grebe, Philipp Bruland, Gereon Heuft und Sonja
    Ständer. 2020. Criteria Suggestive of Psychological Components of Itch and Soma­toform
    Itch: Study of a Large Sample of Patients with Chronic Pruritus. <i>Acta dermato-venereologica :
    a journal for clinical and experimental research in the field of dermatology and
    venereology</i> 100, Nr. 6: adv00075-7. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-3424">10.2340/00015555-3424</a>,
    .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Schneider, Gudrun</span> ;
    <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Grebe, Anna</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Bruland,
    Philipp</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Heuft, Gereon</span> ;
    <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Ständer, Sonja</span>: Criteria Suggestive
    of Psychological Components of Itch and Soma­toform Itch: Study of a Large Sample
    of Patients with Chronic Pruritus. In: <i>Acta dermato-venereologica : a journal
    for clinical and experimental research in the field of dermatology and venereology</i>
    Bd. 100. Uppsala, Medical Journals Sweden AB (2020), Nr. 6, S. adv00075-7'
  havard: 'G. Schneider, A. Grebe, P. Bruland, G. Heuft, S. Ständer, Criteria Suggestive
    of Psychological Components of Itch and Soma­toform Itch: Study of a Large Sample
    of Patients with Chronic Pruritus, Acta Dermato-Venereologica : A Journal for
    Clinical and Experimental Research in the Field of Dermatology and Venereology.
    100 (2020) adv00075-7.'
  ieee: 'G. Schneider, A. Grebe, P. Bruland, G. Heuft, and S. Ständer, “Criteria Suggestive
    of Psychological Components of Itch and Soma­toform Itch: Study of a Large Sample
    of Patients with Chronic Pruritus,” <i>Acta dermato-venereologica : a journal
    for clinical and experimental research in the field of dermatology and venereology</i>,
    vol. 100, no. 6, pp. adv00075-7, 2020, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-3424">10.2340/00015555-3424</a>.'
  mla: 'Schneider, Gudrun, et al. “Criteria Suggestive of Psychological Components
    of Itch and Soma­toform Itch: Study of a Large Sample of Patients with Chronic
    Pruritus.” <i>Acta Dermato-Venereologica : A Journal for Clinical and Experimental
    Research in the Field of Dermatology and Venereology</i>, vol. 100, no. 6, 2020,
    pp. adv00075-7, <a href="https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-3424">https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-3424</a>.'
  short: 'G. Schneider, A. Grebe, P. Bruland, G. Heuft, S. Ständer, Acta Dermato-Venereologica :
    A Journal for Clinical and Experimental Research in the Field of Dermatology and
    Venereology 100 (2020) adv00075-7.'
  ufg: '<b>Schneider, Gudrun u. a.</b>: Criteria Suggestive of Psychological Components
    of Itch and Soma­toform Itch: Study of a Large Sample of Patients with Chronic
    Pruritus, in: <i>Acta dermato-venereologica : a journal for clinical and experimental
    research in the field of dermatology and venereology</i> 100 (2020), H. 6,  S.
    adv00075-7.'
  van: 'Schneider G, Grebe A, Bruland P, Heuft G, Ständer S. Criteria Suggestive of
    Psychological Components of Itch and Soma­toform Itch: Study of a Large Sample
    of Patients with Chronic Pruritus. Acta dermato-venereologica : a journal for
    clinical and experimental research in the field of dermatology and venereology.
    2020;100(6):adv00075-7.'
date_created: 2024-06-24T07:36:05Z
date_updated: 2024-07-17T14:02:24Z
department:
- _id: DEP5024
doi: 10.2340/00015555-3424
intvolume: '       100'
issue: '6'
language:
- iso: eng
page: adv00075-7
place: Uppsala
publication: 'Acta dermato-venereologica : a journal for clinical and experimental
  research in the field of dermatology and venereology'
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1651-2057
  issn:
  - '0001-5555 '
publication_status: published
publisher: Medical Journals Sweden AB
status: public
title: 'Criteria Suggestive of Psychological Components of Itch and Soma­toform Itch:
  Study of a Large Sample of Patients with Chronic Pruritus'
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83781'
volume: 100
year: '2020'
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