Usefulness of the Japanese version of the 5-D itch scale for rating pruritus experienced by patients undergoing hemodialysis

Table 4 Correlation between 5D-J and the Shiratori score (daytime)

	Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient
	r	p value
Duration	0.2251	< 0.001
Degree	0.7457	< 0.001
Direction	0.2309	< 0.005
Disability	0.5201	< 0.001
Distribution	0.4674	< 0.001
Total	0.6441	< 0.001

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