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Prevalence and risk factors of senile pruritus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- The Role of Skin Surface pH in Age Associated Pruritus: Mechanistic and Clinical Insights.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2026Review
- Immunopathogenesis of itch: an integrative framework for chronic pruritus.JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health · 2026Review
- Analysis of treatment pathways and long-term prevalence of pruritus after burn - An observational study with real-world data.Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries · 2026Observational
- Pruritus in Europe's Aging Populations: Regional and National Patterns, 1990-2023, and Forecasts to 2050: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2026Article
- Chronic Pruritus Severity and Its Association with Clinical Frailty in Geriatric Dermatology Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Chronic Pruritus in Older Adults: Prevalence, Associations, and Pruritus-specific Quality of Life.Acta dermato-venereologica · 2025Article
- Chronic cough and chronic pruritus in older adults: a population-based cross-sectional study.ERJ open research · 2025Article
- Risk and factors related to the development of lesions due to xerosis in hospitalized elderly people.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeria · 2025Article
- Effects and safety of acupuncture versus non-penetrating sham acupuncture for senile pruritus: Rationale and design for a randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2025Article
- CKD-Associated Pruritus and Clinical Outcomes in Nondialysis CKD.Kidney medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo systematically assess the prevalence and risk factors for senile pruritus (SP) in the elderly (≥60 years of age).
designA meta-analysis was used to pool the prevalence and risk factors for SP estimated from individual studies. Four subgroup analyses were conducted to explore the prevalence for SP in different age, sex, research sites and region. SETTING, PARTICIPANTS AND MEASURES: SP reduces quality of life in the elderly, yet the worldwide prevalence is unclear. Moreover, the risk factors for SP are controversial. Data from cross-sectional studies, case-control studies, longitudinal studies and cohort studies that reported the prevalence or the risk factors for SP were collected by searching nine electronic databases up to October 2020, including Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, CBM, CNKI, Wanfang and VIP. Two reviewers independently screened studies according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, extracted data and assessed methodological quality. Data analysis was performed using Stata V.15.1 software.
resultsSeventeen studies involving 28 666 participants were included. The overall pooled prevalence of SP was 21.04% (95% CI 11.37% to 32.72%). In addition, the results showed that smoking, excessive drinking and monophagism were possible risk factors for SP, with pooled ORs of 1.26 (95% CI 1.14 to 1.40), 25.03 (95% CI 18.28 to 34.25) and 1.22 (95% CI 1.12 to 1.33), respectively.
conclusionsThe overall prevalence of SP was high. Smoking, excessive drinking and monophagism were possible risk factors for SP. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42019143295.
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