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Stephanie Kiupel1, Jörg Kupfer1, Sophia Kottlors1
1Institute of Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
Introduction:
German students report to be more stressed than the general population. Highly stressed students from other countries (United States, Australia, Saudi-Arabia) were found to have more skin symptoms, including itch, than lowly stressed students. The current study aimed to assess whether itch is associated with stress in a larger sample of German students.
Methods:
838 students (3.2% of all invited students) took part in the questionnaire based study and filled in the Perceived Stress Questionnaire as well as a modified version of the Self-Reported Skin Questionnaire. Students were categorized into highly (HSS) and lowly stressed students (LSS) by determination of the 25th and 75th percentile.
Results:
Itch occurred significantly more often in HSS compared to LSS (OR = 3.41 (2.17-5.35)). In addition, itch intensity was significantly related to perceived stress.
Discussion:
These findings not only highlight the importance of offering stress management trainings also to students in Germany in order to minimize itch, but also encourage future research on stress and itch in certain student subgroups.
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