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Observational studyMedicine2017

Increase the risk of intellectual disability in children with scabies: A nationwide population-based cohort study.

Jui-Ming Liu, Ren-Jun Hsu, Fung-Wei Chang, Chia-Lun Yeh, Chun-Fa Huang, Shu-Ting Chang, Nan-Chang Chiu, Hung-Yang Chang, Hsin Chi, Chien-Yu Lin

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Observational study in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Paediatrics: how to manage scabies.Drugs in context · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 7 institutions in 7 countries.

Jui-Ming LiuDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Graduate Institute of Life Sciences Biobank Management Center of the Tri-Service General Hospital Department of Pathology and Graduate Institute of Pathology and Parasitology Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center Institute of Bioinformatics and System Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Department of Nursing, College of Medical and Health Science, Asia University Department of Pediatrics, BinKun Women's and Children's Hospital, Taoyuan Department of Pediatrics, MacKay Children's Hospital, Taipei Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City Department of Pediatrics and Infectious Disease, Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan Division of Infection and Pathway Medicine, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Ren-Jun Hsu
Fung-Wei Chang
Chia-Lun Yeh
Chun-Fa Huang
Shu-Ting Chang
Nan-Chang Chiu
Hung-Yang Chang
Hsin Chi
Chien-Yu Lin
Mackay Medical College · TWNational Defense Medical Center · TWChina Medical University · CNInstitute of Parasitology · CZKK Women's and Children's Hospital · SGMackay Memorial Hospital · TWMinistry of Health and Welfare · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scabies is a common and distressing disease caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis. Psychiatric disorder in childhood is an important disease and easily neglected. There are several similarities in scabies and psychiatric disorders in childhood (PDC). Both of them may present with pruritus. They are relatively common in patients with lower socioeconomic status and crowded environment. Furthermore, immune-mediated inflammatory processes play a role in the pathophysiology in both diseases. An association between scabies and psychiatric disorders may exist. This nationwide population-based cohort study utilized data from the National Health Insurance Research Database to investigate the relationship between scabies and PDC. A total of 2137 children with scabies were identified as the study group and 8548 age- and sex-matched children were selected as the control group. A total of 607 (5.68%) children developed PDC during the 7-year follow-up period. The overall incidences of PDC are similar but patients with scabies had a higher risk of developing intellectual disability (ID) (scabies group vs control group: 1.3% vs 0.6%, adjusted hazard ratio: 2.04 and 95% confidence interval: 1.25-3.32). The immune-mediated inflammatory processes of both diseases were reviewed and may contribute to the 104% increased risk of interleukin in patients with scabies. We suggest a more comprehensive management in treating patients with scabies or ID. Early and comprehensive treatment of scabies and other risk factors may decrease the risk of subsequent ID. When we approach patients with ID, concurrent evaluation of scabies and other risk factors may contribute to successful management.

Indexed as

AdolescentAnimalsChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesComorbidityDatabases, FactualFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIncidenceInfantInfant, NewbornIntellectual DisabilityMaleNational Health Programs

Identifiers

PMID28591057
PMCPMC5466235
OpenAlexW2623368212

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