2024 Volume 134 Issue 13 Pages 3315-3330
We conducted a survey of Japanese dermatologists and patients with prurigo nodularis (PN) to identify potential needs in the treatment of PN. When many dermatologists and patients were asked about the impact of PN on patients' lives and daily activities, they pointed to physical symptoms. When asked specific questions rather than abstract questions about mental symptoms and limitation of daily activities, patients were more likely to answer that their lives and daily activities were affected by PN; physicians showed the opposite tendency. Questioning patients with PN about more specific situations may help to uncover their potential treatment needs, leading dermatologists to set up more treatment goals for each patient.
