Medscape February 6, 2025
A wearable sensor that sticks onto the back of the hand and uses an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to monitor scratching activity when the wearer sleeps has been shown to reduce subconscious nighttime scratching in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) comparable with the effect of topical medications, researchers have reported.
A small cohort study of 10 adults with mild AD who wore the device at night reported a 28% reduction in scratch events nightly, from a mean of 45.6 to 32.8 (P = .03), and a 50% reduction in scratch duration, from a mean of 15.8 to 7.9 seconds (P = .01). The findings were published online on February 5 in JAMA Dermatology.
“The results were more substantial than we...
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