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SUBMITTER: Ji J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10133290 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ji Ju J Venderley Jordan J Zhang Hui H Lei Mengjue M Ruan Guangchen G Patel Neel N Chung Yu-Min YM Giesting Regan R Miller Leah L
NPJ digital medicine 20230426 1
Nocturnal scratch is one major factor leading to impaired quality of life in atopic dermatitis (AD) patients. Therefore, objectively quantifying nocturnal scratch events aids in assessing the disease state, treatment effect, and AD patients' quality of life. In this paper, we describe the use of actigraphy, highly predictive topological features, and a model-ensembling approach to develop an assessment of nocturnal scratch events by measuring scratch duration and intensity. Our assessment is tes ...[more]