Reports on questionnaire for mites to the patients of dermatological clinic and healthy persons.

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  • 皮膚科患者および一般人のダニに対する意識のアンケート調査
  • ヒフカ カンジャ オヨビ イッパンジン ノ ダニ ニ タイスル イシキ ノ ア

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A survey questionnaire was carried out to investigate the relationship between the sense of being bitten by mites and the housing condition of 1, 884 outpatients that visited our dermatological clinic and a healthy group of 1, 084 persons. Also, the difference between the perception of being bitten by mites and the diagnosis was evaluated among the outpatients, mentioned above. Of 1, 884 outpatients, the chief complaint of 112 was mite bites. Of these 112 outpatients, only 25 were diagnosed as having had dermatitis caused by insects, mites or ticks; 17 were scabies, 7 were insects, and only one was caused by mite bites. Therefore, 99% of the patients had the illusion of being bitten by mites. No direct relationship was found between the persons who believed they were bitten by mites and the style or age of their house. About27%of the outpatients and nearly 40% of the healthy group reported having been bitten by mites in the past. In the former, 17.2% of males and 24.8% of females visited other clinics, and in the latter, 11.1% of males and 18.6% of females did likewise. Therefore, females were more sensitive to the perception of being bitten by mites than males in either case. Half of the patients and 80% of the healthy persons who insisted that they had suffered from mite bites, used insecticides for eradication of the mites.

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