Pruritus in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Kidney Failure, Chronic; Pruritus

Treatments: Other: Questionnaire based on the McGill Pain Questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01727180

100047-E

Details and patient eligibility

About

We believe that knowing characteristics of uremic pruritus is the foundation to investigate its pathophysiology and offer better skin care for patients with chronic kidney disease. We therefore conducted this cross-sectional study to evaluate the characteristics of uraemic pruritus.

Enrollment: 108 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults older than 20 years old, with CKD stage 3 to 5D, with symptoms of pruritus.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who refused to answer the questionnaire or unable to understand the contents of the questionnaire.

Trial design

108 participants in 1 patient group

Chronic kidney disease

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire based on the McGill Pain Questionnaire