Demographic information on 96 chronic pruritus patients was collected using the ITCHY Quality of Life (ITCHYQoL) scale. Three quarters of patients (75%) itched most or all of the time and patients were categorized with mild/moderate (scores of 1-6) or severe (scores of 7-10) on the scale. Activities of Daily Living (ADL) were impaired in 74% of those with severe itch and 48% in those with mild/moderate itch (P = 0.0085). The severe itch group had more chest/abdomen and genital/buttock involvement than the mild/moderate group (P < 0.05). Moreover QoL impact between the severe and mild/moderate group was greater in the former (P = 0.0067). This study was limited by its ...