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ArticleActa dermato-venereologica2023

Itching in Atopic Dermatitis: Patient- and Physician-reported Outcomes in the German Atopic Dermatitis Registry TREATgermany.

Elke Weisshaar, Philipp Bentz, Christian Apfelbacher, Eva Haufe, Luise Heinrich, Annice Heratizadeh, Susanne Abraham, Inken Harder, Andreas Kleinheinz, Andreas Wollenberg and 25 more

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Article in Acta dermato-venereologica, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

35 authors.

Elke WeisshaarOccupational Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, University of Heidelberg. elke.weisshaar@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Philipp BentzOccupational Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, University of Heidelberg.
Christian ApfelbacherInstitute of Social Medicine and Health Systems Research, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany; Institute for Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine/Medical Sociology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Eva HaufeCenter of Evidence-based Healthcare, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden.
Luise Heinrich4. Center of Evidence-based Healthcare, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden.
Annice HeratizadehDivision of Immunodermatology and Allergy Research, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover.
Susanne AbrahamDepartment of Dermatology, University Allergy Center, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Germany.
Inken HarderCenter for Inflammatory Skin Diseases, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel.
Andreas KleinheinzClinics for Dermatology, Elbe Klinikum Buxtehude.
Andreas WollenbergClinics and Outpatient Clinics for Dermatology and Allergy, LMU Munich.
Knut SchäkelDepartment of Dermatology, University of Heidelberg.
Franca WiemersPractice Dr. med. Franca Wiemers, Leipzig.
Julia ErtnerPractice Dr. med. Konstantin Ertner, Nuernberg.
Matthias AugustinInstitute for Health Services Research in Dermatology, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf.
Julia WildbergerPractice Dr. med. Julia Wildberger, Hautmedizin, Bad Soden.
Ralph Von KiedrowskiFocus Practice for chronic inflammatory dermatoses, skin cancer and allergology and also Study Center CMS3 (Company for Medical Study and Service), Selters/Westerwald.
Margitta WormDepartment of Dermatology, Allergy and Venereology, Charité Berlin.
Alexander Zink.
Isaak EffendyDepartment of Dermatology, OWL University Hospital of Bielefeld University, Campus Clinic Bielefeld.
Andrea AsmussenPractice Dr. med. Andrea Asmussen, Dermatology at Lesum, Bremen. dermatologieanderlesum@gmail.com.
Mario PawlakPractice Dr. med. Anika Hünermund and Mario Pawlak, Heiligenstadt.
Michael Sticherling21. Department of Dermatology, German Center for Immunotherapy, University of Erlangen.
Melanie HilgersClinics for Dermatology and Allergy, University Hospital Aachen.
Christiane HandrickPractice Dr. med. Christiane Handrick, Berlin.
Sven QuistDermatology Clinic, Helix Medical Excellence Center, Mainz.
Beate SchwarzPractice Dr. med. Beate Schwarz, Langenau. beate@.
Magnus BellPractice Dr. med. Magnus Bell, Andernach.
Petra Staubach-RenzClinic for Dermatology, University Hospital, Mainz.
Sung-Hei Hong-WeldemannPractice Dr. med. Sung-Hei Hong-Weldemann, Freiburg.
Bernhard HomeyDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, University Hospital Duesseldorf.
Jens-Joachim BrücherPractice Dr. med. Jens-Joachim Brücher, Hautambulatorium Magdeburg.
Stephan WeidingerCenter for Inflammatory Skin Diseases, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel.
Thomas WerfelDivision of Immunodermatology and Allergy Research, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover.
Jochen SchmittCenter of Evidence-based Healthcare, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden.
TREATgermany study group

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

TREATgermany is an investigator-initiated prospective disease registry. It investigates physician- and patient-reported disease severity (Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI), objective Scoring Atopic Dermatitis (oSCORAD), Investigator Global Assessment, Patient-Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM), Patient Global Assessment (PGA)), patient-reported symptoms (itch, sleep loss, depressive symptoms), therapy courses and dermatological quality of life (DLQI) in moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis with SCORAD > 20. 1,134 atopic dermatitis patients (mean age 41.0 ± 14.7 years, 42.5% females) were enrolled by 40 German recruiting sites (dermatological clinics and practices) between June 2016 and April 2021. The current analysis focuses on itch scores obtained with a numerical rating scale (NRS)) documented for the previous 3 days prior to baseline visit. The results show that 97.2% (1,090 of 1,121) patients experienced itch. Itch severity correlated moderately with severity of atopic dermatitis oSCORAD (rho = 0.44 (0.39-0.48)) and EASI score (rho = 0.41 (0.36-0.46)). A strong correlation was found with self-reported disease severity as PGA (rho = 0.68 (0.65-0.71)), POEM sum score (rho = 0.66 (0.63-0.69)) and dermatological quality of life impairment DLQI (rho = 0.61 (0.57-0.65)). Itch as a subjective complaint is more closely correlated with patient-reported outcomes than with objective assessments by the physician.

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Dermatitis, AtopicEczemaPhysiciansAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresProspective StudiesPruritusQuality of LifeRegistriesSeverity of Illness Index

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PMID36688701
PMCPMC10391776

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