SCORAD (SCORing Atopic Dermatitis) is a score that quantifies the severity of atopic dermatitis as a numerical value. SCORAD was published in 1993 by the European Task Force on Atopic Dermatitis. 1

The SCORAD score takes into account the severity of atopic dermatitis (“Intensity”), the extent of its spread over the body (“Extent”), as well as the severity of insomnia and itching. The SCORAD score can also be calculated online. 2

Normally, the SCORAD score should be calculated and interpreted by a doctor, as patients might find it difficult to determine the values objectively. To allow patients to calculate SCORAD themselves, the European Task Force on Atopic Dermatitis published a patient-oriented version in 2011, called PO-SCORAD. 3

This PO-SCORAD can be calculated by patients using forms or software. 4

Some available programs for calculating PO-SCORAD also allow patients to keep a time log of their atopic dermatitis severity—for example, the Android app PO-Scorad. 5

Further Information

  1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8435513 ↩︎

  2. http://adserver.sante.univ-nantes.fr/Compute.html ↩︎

  3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21414011 ↩︎

  4. http://www.fondation-dermatite-atopique.org/en/healthcare-professionals-space/po-scorad ↩︎

  5. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myguard.poscorad.pad&hl=en ↩︎