Legat 2017.
Methods | Study design: randomised controlled trial Objective: "we investigated the effects of BB‐UVB versus NB‐UVB in reducing pruritus in patients with CP. 49 patients consented and were randomly assigned to BB‐UVB or NB‐UVB" |
Participants | 38 patients with chronic pruritus |
Interventions | Phototherapy broad band ‐ UVB vs narrow band ‐ UVB |
Outcomes | Quote: "reducing the intensity of pruritus in patients with chronic pruritus using a visual analogue scale (VAS) ranging from 0 (= no itch) to 10 (= worst imaginable itch)" |
Notes | PP74 Abstract from the 9th World Congress on Itch, 15–17 October 2017, Wroclaw, Poland We sent 3 emails to the study authors (franz.legat@medunigraz.at 11/2018, 01/2019, and 03/2019) with no response. The study does not specify if researchers included patients with CPUO |
BB‐UVB: broad band ultraviolet B.
CP: chronic pruritus.
CPUO: chronic pruritus of unknown origin.
N/A: not applicable.
NB‐UVB: narrow band ultraviolet B.
UVB: ultraviolet B.
VAS: visual analogue scale.