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The aim of this study was the creation and validation of new itch severity questionnaire assessing pruritus intensity.<jats:italic> Material and Methods<\/jats:italic>. A total of 148 patients with pruritic dermatoses were asked to assess pruritus intensity using 12-Item Pruritus Severity Score (12-PSS) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Patients were also asked to complete the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and Hospitality Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Test-retest comparison of 12-PSS was conducted in 102 subjects who completed the itch questionnaire twice with the 3- to 5-day interval.<jats:italic> Results<\/jats:italic>. We have created the 12-PSS assessing pruritus intensity (two questions), pruritus extent (one question) and duration (one question), influence of pruritus on concentration and patient psyche (four questions), and scratching as a response to pruritus stimuli (four questions). A maximum scoring was 22 points. The results showed strong consistency (Cronbach <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic> coefficient 0.81). A significant correlation was observed with VAS (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mi>r<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle=\"italic\">0.58<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>, <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M2\"><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle=\"italic\">0.001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>) and quality of life level according to DLQI (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M3\"><mml:mi>r<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle=\"italic\">0.53<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>, <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M4\"><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle=\"italic\">0.001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>). Test-retest comparison in 102 subjects revealed a satisfactory reproducibility of achieved results (ICC = 0,72).<jats:italic> Conclusions<\/jats:italic>. The newly developed pruritus severity questionnaire may be used in daily clinical practice in the future.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2017\/3896423","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,2]],"date-time":"2017-10-02T17:00:30Z","timestamp":1506963630000},"page":"1-7","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":49,"title":["12-Item Pruritus Severity Scale: Development and Validation of New Itch Severity Questionnaire"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2017","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5573-1754","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Adam","family":"Reich","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland"},{"name":"Department of Dermatology, University of Rzesz\u00f3w, Rzesz\u00f3w, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Agnieszka","family":"Bo\u017cek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Katarzyna","family":"Janiszewska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0766-6342","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Jacek C.","family":"Szepietowski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","reference":[{"key":"1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2340\/00015555-0305"},{"key":"2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2133.2009.09586.x"},{"key":"3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2133.2006.07736.x"},{"key":"4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2340\/00015555-1620"},{"key":"5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2340\/00015555-1246"},{"key":"6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1159\/000053748"},{"key":"7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1159\/000446014"},{"key":"8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2340\/00015555-1402"},{"key":"9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2340\/00015555-1265"},{"key":"10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2230.1994.tb01167.x"},{"key":"11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0022-3999(96)00216-4"},{"key":"13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.7326\/0003-4819-118-8-199304150-00009"},{"issue":"6","key":"14","first-page":"803","volume":"16","year":"2013","journal-title":"Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences"},{"key":"15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0013164404266386"},{"key":"16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.alit.2016.08.009"}],"container-title":["BioMed Research International"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/journals\/bmri\/2017\/3896423.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/journals\/bmri\/2017\/3896423.xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/journals\/bmri\/2017\/3896423.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,2]],"date-time":"2017-10-02T17:00:30Z","timestamp":1506963630000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.hindawi.com\/journals\/bmri\/2017\/3896423\/"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2017]]},"references-count":15,"alternative-id":["3896423","3896423"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1155\/2017\/3896423","relation":{},"ISSN":["2314-6133","2314-6141"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2314-6133","type":"print"},{"value":"2314-6141","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2017]]}}}