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Table 1.

Correlations between Worst Pruritus NRS and Sleep Disturbance NRS and clinical efficacy variables at baseline (n = 267)

Clinical efficacy variable	Worst Pruritus NRS		Sleep Disturbance NRS
Clinical efficacy variable	Coefficient (r)	Interpretation^a	Coefficient (r)	Interpretation^a
Sleep disturbance NRS	0.61	Moderate positive	–
EASI	0.18	Negligible	0.18	Negligible
% BSA affected	0.13	Negligible	0.05	Negligible
SCORAD	0.44	Low positive	0.45	Low positive

BSA body surface area, EASI Eczema Area and Severity Index, NRS Numerical Rating Scale, SCORAD SCORing Atopic Dermatitis

^aInterpretation of Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (r): 0.90–1.00, very high positive correlation; 0.70–0.90, high positive; 0.50–0.70, moderate positive; 0.30–0.50, low positive; 0.00–0.30, negligible [36]