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Pruritic Symptoms Linked to Psychological Stress Publish date: Dec 25, 2009  FRIDAY, Dec. 25 (HealthDay News) -- In the general population, frequency of pruritic symptoms is strongly associated with
psychological stress, according to a study in the December issue of the Archives of Dermatology. Yosuke Yamamoto, M.D., of Kyoto University in Japan, and colleagues studied 2,224 adult participants (mean age, 44.6 years)
in the 2003 Japan Health Diary Study who were free of psychiatric disorders. Of these, 70 participants (3.1 percent) presented
with pruritic symptoms. Compared to participants without pruritic symptoms, the researchers found that those with pruritic symptoms were significantly
more likely to have higher psychological stress (β coefficient, 2.33). They also found that there was a linear trend
between increased psychological stress and increased severity of pruritic symptoms (β coefficients, 0.81, 1.77, and 4.86
for the first, second, and third symptom tertiles, respectively). "Additional investigations, including validations against other scales like visual analog scale, are now necessary to validate
the use of health diaries in actual dermatological practice," the authors conclude. Copyright © 2009 ScoutNews, LLC. All rights reserved. | Featured Jobs Practice Tools Coding Counselor Simple and accurate ICD-9 code search. Start Here  Patient Education Print customized patient education handouts. Start Here  Dermatology Diagnosis Identify skin diseases by age, gender, location. Start Here  AHRQ Clinical Guidelines Objective findings on medical interventions. Start Here     |
