Factitial dermatitis

neurotic excoriation: a condition in which patients produce skin lesions through repetitive, compulsive excoriation of their skin.

Endpoint definition

Name L12_FACTITIALDERMAT
Long name Factitial dermatitis
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: L981, ICD-9: 6984A, ICD-8: 6984
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: L981, ICD-9: 6984A, ICD-8: 6984
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 4
First defined in version DF2
Latin name Dermatitis artificialis

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 85 60 25
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.04 0.05 0.03
Mean age at first event (years) 49.10 47.65 52.59
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 3.53 3.33 4.00

Longitudinal metrics

All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 1.0 1.0 1.0
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 34.12 31.67 40.00

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Factitial dermatitis
after Factitial dermatitis

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Factitial dermatitis