Validation of a new tool to assess health-related quality of life in psoriasis: the PSO-LIFE questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several questionnaires have been used to measure health related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with psoriasis, few have been adapted for use in Spain; none of them was developed specifically for the Spanish population. The purpose of the study was to validate and assess the sensitivity to change of a new questionnaire to measure HRQOL in patients with psoriasis (PSO-LIFE).

Methods

Observational, prospective, multicenter study performed in centers around Spain. Patients with active or inactive psoriasis completed the PSO-LIFE together with other Dermatology Quality of Life Index (DLQI) and Psoriasis Disability Index (PDI). A control group of patients with urticaria or atopic dermatitis was also included. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the

SUBMITTER: Dauden E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3458920 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature