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

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Contributors

  • Elke Weisshaar - (Author)
  • Philipp Bentz - (Author)
  • Christian Apfelbacher - (Author)
  • Eva Haufe - , Center for Evidence-Based Healthcare (Author)
  • Luise Heinrich - , Center for Evidence-Based Healthcare (Author)
  • Annice Heratizadeh - (Author)
  • Susanne Abraham - , Department of Dermatology (Author)
  • Inken Harder - (Author)
  • Andreas Kleinheinz - (Author)
  • Andreas Wollenberg - (Author)
  • Knut Schäkel - (Author)
  • Franca Wiemers - (Author)
  • Julia Ertner - (Author)
  • Matthias Augustin - (Author)
  • Julia Wildberger - (Author)
  • Ralph Von Kiedrowski - (Author)
  • Margitta Worm - (Author)
  • Alexander Zink - (Author)
  • Isaak Effendy - (Author)
  • Andrea Asmussen - (Author)
  • Mario Pawlak - (Author)
  • Michael Sticherling - (Author)
  • Melanie Hilgers - (Author)
  • Christiane Handrick - (Author)
  • Sven Quist - (Author)
  • Beate Schwarz - (Author)
  • Magnus Bell - (Author)
  • Petra Staubach-Renz - (Author)
  • Sung-Hei Hong-Weldemann - (Author)
  • Bernhard Homey - (Author)
  • Jens-Joachim Brücher - (Author)
  • Stephan Weidinger - (Author)
  • Thomas Werfel - (Author)
  • Jochen Schmitt - , Center for Evidence-Based Healthcare (Author)

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 cur-rent analysis focuses on itch scores obtained with a numerical rating scale (NRS)) documented for the pre-vious 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 cor-relation 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.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article numberadv00854
JournalActa dermato-venereologica
Volume103
Publication statusPublished - 23 Jan 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85146950767
PubMed 36688701

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Keywords

  • EASI, POEM, pruritus, quality of life, registry, Severity of Illness Index, Prospective Studies, Physicians, Humans, Middle Aged, Male, Dermatitis, Atopic/diagnosis, Pruritus, Eczema, Quality of Life, Female, Adult, Registries, Patient Reported Outcome Measures