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Contagious Itch, Disgust and Empathy in Patients and Medical Staff

NCT04557644 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2021-11-04

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Summary

This study is to assess the relationship between CI, disgust and empathy in medical staff treating patients with scabies, to differentiate the impact of visual and verbal stimuli contributing to CI and to assess information about CI, disgust and empathy in a family infested with scabies.

Conditions

  • Contagious Itch

Interventions

OTHER

7-items-questionnaires addressing CI, disgust and empathy

7-items-questionnaire including numerical rating scales (NRS) ranging from 0 (no itch/disgust/empathy) to 10 (worst itch/disgust/most empathy imaginable) to rate itch, disgust and empathy they experience when treating the infested families.

OTHER

Saarbrucken Personality questionnaire (SPQ) addressing empathy.

Empathy is additionally assessed by the Saarbrucken Personality Questionnaire (SPQ) ,a 16-item tool.

OTHER

10-items-questionnaire addressing previous dermatological conditions, intensity of itch

10-items-questionnaire (completed by the hospitalised family) regarding demographic information (gender, age, profession), previous dermatological conditions, intensity of itch a.) on the first day of the hospitalisation, b.) when seeing the skin lesions of the other family members c.) when talking about the scabies/itch with the other family members, d.) when seeing other family members scratching themselves, and questions regarding their intensity of disgust of the scabies and empathy for the other family members (0-10 NRS).

OTHER

ItchyQol-questionnaire composed of 22 items addressing itch-related symptoms, functions and emotions

ItchyQol-questionnaire to assess the itch-related quality of life impairment. The ItchyQoL is composed of 22 items addressing itch-related symptoms, functions and emotions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Simon Mueller, PD Dr. med. · Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-16
Primary Completion
2021-10-31
Completion
2021-10-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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