SCORAD

{{Short description|Scale for measuring the severity of atopic dermatitis}}

{{Infobox diagnostic

| name = SCORAD

| purpose = measurement of severity of atopic dermatitis

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The SCORAD ("SCORing Atopic Dermatitis") index is a clinical tool for assessing the extent of the disease, disease intensity, and subjective symptoms of atopic dermatitis.{{Cite journal |last1=Angelova-Fischer |first1=I. |last2=Bauer |first2=A. |last3=Hipler |first3=U. C. |last4=Petrov |first4=I. |last5=Kazandjieva |first5=J. |last6=Bruckner |first6=T. |last7=Diepgen |first7=T. |last8=Tsankov |first8=N. |last9=Williams |first9=M. |last10=Fischer |first10=T.W. |last11=Elsner |first11=P. |last12=Fluhr |first12=J.W. |date=October 2005 |title=The Objective Severity Assessment of Atopic Dermatitis (OSAAD) score: validity, reliability and sensitivity in adult patients with atopic dermatitis |url= |journal=British Journal of Dermatology |volume=153 |issue=4 |pages=767–773 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06697.x |pmid=16181458 |issn=0007-0963 |s2cid=39191170}} It gives approximate weights of 60% to intensity and 20% each to extent and subjective symptoms. These are used to calculate a maximum total score of 103, however, the scores for each category can be used individually if clinically appropriate.{{cite journal |last1=Kunz |first1=B |last2=Oranje |first2=AP |last3=Labrèze |first3=L |last4=Stalder |first4=JF |last5=Ring |first5=J |last6=Taïeb |first6=A |date=1997 |title=Clinical validation and guidelines for the SCORAD index: consensus report of the European Task Force on Atopic Dermatitis. |journal=Dermatology |volume=195 |issue=1 |pages=10–19 |doi=10.1159/000245677 |pmc= |pmid=9267730|doi-access=free }}

The SCORAD index was developed by the European Task Force on Atopic Dermatitis in 1993.{{cite journal |title=Severity scoring of atopic dermatitis: the SCORAD index. Consensus Report of the European Task Force on Atopic Dermatitis |journal=Dermatology |volume=186 |issue=1 |pages=23–31 |year=1993 |pmid=8435513 |doi= 10.1159/000247298}} The index was the most widely used disease-severity scale for atopic dermatitis between its development and 2010.{{cite journal |last1=Rehal |first1=Balvinder |last2=Armstrong |first2=April W. |year=2011 |title=Health outcome measures in atopic dermatitis: a systematic review of trends in disease severity and quality-of-life instruments 1985-2010 |journal=PLOS One |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=e17520 |bibcode=2011PLoSO...617520R |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0017520 |pmc=3076368 |pmid=21533286 |doi-access=free}}