Open AccessCognitive Impairment in Inpatients with Prurigo Nodularis and Psychiatric Comorbidities
Author(s) -
Giuseppe Lanza,
Filomena Irene Ilaria Cosentino,
Raffaele Ferri,
Bartolo Lanuzza,
Maddalena Siragusa,
Mariangela Tripodi,
Carmelo Schepis
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of environmental research and public health/international journal of environmental research and public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1661-7827
pISSN - 1660-4601
DOI - 10.3390/ijerph18126265
Subject(s) - comorbidity , medicine , psychiatry , dementia , depression (economics) , anxiety , vascular dementia , prurigo nodularis , pediatrics , disease , dermatology , macroeconomics , economics
Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a chronic refractory itchy dermatosis. Although psychiatric comorbidity is known, research in cognitive impairment is lacking. We evaluated the occurrence and types of cognitive impairment in a series of inpatients with PN.