A Novel Severity Assessment Scoring System for Hidradenitis Suppurativa.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The variation in both clinical appearance and responses to diverse treatment options emphasize the importance of an accurate, clinically relevant, yet easy-to-use scoring system in hidradenitis suppurativa.

Objective

To propose and provide validation data for the newly designed Severity Assessment of Hidradenitis Suppurativa score.

Design, setting, and participants

We prospectively assessed disease severity using Hurley staging and the modified Hidradenitis Suppurativa Score in 355 patients referred to Ruhr-University Bochum Department of Dermatology between March 2016 and June 2017. We also assessed disease severity via the Severity Assessment of Hidradenitis Suppurativa score.

Main outcomes and measures

Evaluation and assessment of convergent valid

SUBMITTER: Hessam S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5885841 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature