doi:10.2340/00015555-3040engSchut, C.Dalgard, F.J.Halvorsen, J.A.Gieler, U.Lien, L.Tomas Aragones, L.Poot, F.Jemec, G.B.E.Misery, L.Kemény, L.Sampogna, F.van Middendorp, H.Balieva, F.Linder, D.Szepietowski, J.C.Lvov, A.Marron, S.E.Altunay, I.K.Finlay, A.Y.Salek, S.Kupfer, J.Occurrence, chronicity and intensity of itch in a clinical consecutive sample of patients with skin diseases: A multi-centre study in 13 european countriesART-2019-110925Itch is an unpleasant symptom, affecting many dermatological patients. Studies investigating the occurrence and intensity of itch in dermatological patients often focus on a single skin disease and omit a control group with healthy skin. The aim of this multi-centre study was to assess the occurrence, chronicity and intensity (visual analogue scale 0–10) of itch in patients with different skin diseases and healthy-skin controls. Out of 3, 530 dermatological patients, 54.3% reported itch (mean ± standard deviation itch intensity 5.5 ± 2.5), while out of 1, 094 healthy-skin controls 8% had itch (3.6 ± 2.3). Chronic itch was reported by 36.9% of the patients and 4.7% of the healthy-skin controls. Itch was most frequent (occurrence rates higher than 80%) in patients with unclassified pruritus, prurigo and related conditions, atopic dermatitis and hand eczema. However, many patients with psychodermato-logical conditions and naevi also reported itch (occur-rence rates higher than 19%).2019http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/7817610.2340/00015555-3040http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/78176oai:zaguan.unizar.es:78176ACTA DERMATO-VENEREOLOGICA 99, 2 (2019), 146-151by-nchttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess