Role of narrow band ultra violet radiation as an add-on therapy in peritoneal dialysis patients with refractory uremic pruritus

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients

Age (yr)	56.17 ± 15.65
Sex (male/female)	18/11
Hemoglobin (g/L)	9.99 ± 0.99
Corrected calcium (mg/dL)	8.92 ± 1.1025
Phosphate (mg/dL)	4.46 ± 1.35
Intact parathyroid hormone (pg/mL)	132.28 ± 176.63
Mean Kt/V	1.77 ± 0.11
No. of patients with weekly Kt/V > 1.7	19
Skin phototype	IV-20, V-9
Other agents used for pruritus
Topical emollient
Topical capsaicin
Oral anti histaminics: Fexofenadine
Pregabalin
Gabapentin
Amitryptilline

Table 2 The baseline and weekly visual analogue assessment scores for pruritus

	Baseline	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12
Mean VAS score	7.75 ± 1.02	7.55 ± 1.02	7.48 ± 0.82	7.03 ± 0.68	6.37 ± 0.49	5.66 ± 0.55	5.53 ± 0.64	5.20 ± 0.70	4.87 ± 0.74	4.60 ± 0.72	3.04 ± 1.32	3.42± 1.63	3.14 ± 1.59
No. of patients	29	29	29	29	27	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	21

VAS: Visual analogue score.