Prevalence and severity of pruritus in Spanish patients with chronic kidney disease and impact on quality of life: a cross-sectional study

The prevalence of chronic kidney disease–associated pruritus and its impact on quality of life in hemodialysis patients: a commentary from experts from two countries

“…In recent years, interest in CKD-aP has increased; thus, in European countries such as Spain and France, different initiatives have been launched to understand its prevalence and how it affects quality of life, and diagnostic and treatment algorithms have been proposed. In Spain, a cross-sectional study [ 5 ] investigated the severity, prevalence and impact on QoL of CKD-aP. A short ad hoc survey was designed, including items of validated tools for pruritus assessment, such as Question 20 of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life questionnaire, Worst Itch Numeric Rating Scale (WI-NRS) and the Itch Severity Scale.…”

“…A total of 1605 patients voluntarily answered the questionnaire. According to the WI-NRS questionary, the prevalence of CKD-aP was 50.5%, and 26.7% of patients presented moderate to severe CKD-aP [ 5 ].…”