Criteria Suggestive of Psychological Components of Itch and Soma-toform Itch: Study of a Large Sample of Patients with Chronic Pruritus.

Acta Derm Venereol · 2020 · PMC9128937 · PMID 32115664

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Contrary to the formulated criterium which postulates nocturnal variations in “psychogenic itch”, they showed a trend to less nocturnal variations.

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a trend towards significanceno p-value reported

From the optional criteria, the clearest applicability could be found for “variations in intensity associated with stress” while “nocturnal variations” showed only a trend towards significance.

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