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

Table 5 Correlation between the 5D-J total score and Shiratori score (nighttime)

	Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient
	r	p value
Duration	0.3000	< 0.001
Degree	0.6099	< 0.001
Direction	0.2265	< 0.001
Disability	0.5811	< 0.001
Distribution	0.4097	< 0.001
Total	0.6352	< 0.001

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