Association Between Quality of Life and Improvement in Psoriasis Severity and Extent in Pediatric Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Treatment of psoriasis is associated with improved quality of life (QOL) in those with the disease. However, in daily clinical practice, the association between the degree of psoriasis clearance and QOL has not been studied to date, especially in the pediatric population.

Objectives

To identify the association between the degree of psoriasis improvement (as measured by the Psoriasis Area Severity Index [PASI] and body surface area [BSA] response) and QOL (as measured by the Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index [CDLQI]) in pediatric psoriasis, and to assess the association of treatment type with QOL, independent of psoriasis improvement.

Design, setting, and participants

Data used in this single-center cohort study were extracted from the Child-CAPTURE

SUBMITTER: Bruins FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6902114 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature