Patients' Perspectives on the Impact of Genital Psoriasis: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Plaque psoriasis is a chronic skin disease where genital involvement is relatively common. Yet health care providers do not routinely evaluate psoriasis patients for genital involvement and patients do not readily initiate discussion of it. METHODS:A qualitative study of 20 US patients with dermatologist-confirmed genital psoriasis (GenPs) and self-reported moderate-to-severe GenPs at screening was conducted to identify key GenPs symptoms and their impacts on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). RESULTS:Patients had a mean age of 45 years, 55% were female, and patients had high rates of current/recent moderate-to-severe overall (65%) and genital (70%) psoriasis. Patients reported the following GenPs symptoms: genital itch (100%), discomfort (100%), redness (95%), stinging/b

SUBMITTER: Cather JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5698203 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature