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Pruritus and sleep disturbances in patients with psoriasis
Filename | 377. Hawro et al., Pruritus sleep dist, ArchDermRes2020.pdf |
Filesize | 1,001.87 KB |
Version | o.377 |
Date added | June 4, 2020 |
Downloaded | 2 times |
Category | Original Work |
Tags | Anxiety, Depression, Pruritus, Psoriasis, Quality of life, Sleep |
Authors | Hawro, T., Hawro, M., Zalewska-Janowska, A., Weller, K., Metz, M., and Maurer, M. |
Citation | Hawro, T., Hawro, M., Zalewska-Janowska, A., Weller, K., Metz, M., and Maurer M.: Pruritus and sleep disturbances in patients with psoriasis. Arch. Dermat. Res. 2020: 312; 103-111. |
Corresponding authors | Maurer, M. |
DocNum | o.377 |
DocType | |
Edition; Page | 312; 103-111 |
IF | 3.02 |
Publisher | Arch. Dermat. Res. |
ReleaseDate | 2020 |
Psoriasis is a prevalent skin disease that impairs multiple domains of quality of life (QoL). Pruritus, a common symptom in patients with psoriasis, may directly affect sleep, but studies investigating this are limited. We investigated the relationships between pruritus and sleep in 104 in-patients with psoriasis, who underwent dermatological assessment and completed questionnaires to determine psoriasis severity, pruritus intensity, sleep quality, QoL (skin disease-specifc and generic), depressive mood and anxiety. In total, 80% of patients reported pruritus, and 39% had sleep disturbances, most commonly awakenings during sleep (33%) and sleepiness during the daytime (30%). Sleep impairment was more frequent in patients with pruritus, who had more difficulty falling asleep (P=0.031). Overall, 14% of all patients and 34% of the patients who reported sleep disturbances reported that their sleep problems were caused by pruritus. Patients who reported sleep disturbances had lower generic QoL. Pruritus in patients with psoriasis was frequent and relevant, as evidenced by the higher rate of sleep problems in this patient group, and it was linked to a lower QoL.
(Last update: 12.2023)
Number of original publications in peer-reviewed journals: | 580 |
Number of reviews in peer-reviewed journals: | 210 |
Number of publications (original work and reviews) in peer-reviewed journals: | 790 |
Cumulative IF for original publications in peer-reviewed journals: | 4196.39 |
Cumulative IF for reviews in peer-reviewed journals: | 1409.32 |
Cumulative IF of publications (original work & reviews) in peer-reviewed journals: | 5605.71 |
Total number of citations: 36,836, h-index: 99 (Web of Science December 2023) | 36836 |
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