Table 2.

Scoring as per the domains mentioned in the Persian version of 5-D itching scale

Variable	N (%)
Duration (Mean score =3.29 ± 0.98)
Less than 6 h a day	3 (3.3)
6–12 h a day	12 (13.3)
12–18 h a day	44 (48.9)
18–23 h a day	18 (20)
All day	13 (14.4)
Degree (Mean score= 4.18 ± 0.59)
Not present	0 (0)
Mild	0 (0)
Moderate	9 (10)
Severe	55 (61.1)
Unbearable	26 (28.9)
Direction (Mean score=3.63± 0.66)
Completely resolved	8 (8.9)
Much better, but itching is still present	42 (46.7)
Little bit better but still presents	39 (43.3)
Unchanged	1 (1.1)
Getting worse	0 (0)
Disability (Mean score=9.05 ± 2.79)[Minimum= 4, Maximum= 16]
Sleep (Mean score= 3.51 ± 1.25)
Never affects sleep	8 (8.9)
Occasional delays falling asleep	13 (14.4)
Frequent delays falling asleep	16 (17.8)
Delays falling asleep and occasionally wakes me up at night	31 (34.4)
Delays falling asleep and frequently wakes me up at night	22 (24.4)
Leisure/social activity (Mean score= 2.11± 0.77)
Never affects leisure/social activity	20 (22.2)
Rarely affects leisure/social	42 (46.7)
Occasionally affects leisure/social	26 (28.9)
Frequently affects leisure/social	2 (2.2)
Always affects leisure/social	0 (0)
Housework/errands (Mean score = 1.72 ± 0.72)
Never affects house work/errands	38 (42.2)
Rarely affects house work/errands	40 (44.4)
Occasionally affects house work/errands	11 (12.2)
Frequently affects house work/errands	1 (1.1)
Always affects house work/errands	0 (0)
Work/School (Mean score= 1.71 ± 0.76)
Not applicable	40 (44.4)
Never affects Work/School	1 (1.1)
Rarely affectsWork/School	36 (40)
Occasionally affectsWork/School	11 (12.2)
Frequently affectsWork/School	2 (2.2)
Always affectsWork/School	0 (0)
Distribution (Mean score= 3.00 ± 0.75) [Minimum=1, Maximum=5]
Scoring Bin 1	1 (1.1)
Scoring Bin 2	19 (21.1)
Scoring Bin 3	52 (57.8)
Scoring Bin 4	15 (16.7)
Scoring Bin 5	3 (3.3)
Total score (Mean score = 17.69 ± 3.03)
6–10	0 (0)
11–19	62 (68.9)
20–25	28 (31.1)