Burden to Partners of People with Psoriasis: Results from the FamilyPso International Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psoriatic disease is a lifelong chronic illness for which there is no cure. It is well established that psoriasis leads to a major impairment of health-related quality-of-life and wellbeing. Most people with psoriasis live together with partners, bringing along a major burden for them. The FamilyPso was created to measure this burden in psoriasis.

Objective

The aim of the FamilyPso international study was to validate this tool and to show feasibility for the use of the FamilyPso across multiple countries.

Methods

A prospective cohort study was conducted in 11 centers in Austria, Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Turkey. The factor structure of the FamiliyPso was examined by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) including tests of measurement invariance for ge

SUBMITTER: Mrowietz U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12436565 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature