Anticipated and Perceived Stigma Among Patients With Psoriasis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perceived stigma among patients with psoriasis (PWP) is associated with poorer quality of life.

Objective

To determine the prevalence and predictors of stigmatizing attitudes that PWP expect and experience from others.

Methods

We conducted a survey using validated outcome measures to assess the extent to which PWP anticipate and perceive stigma from others. Demographic and clinical characteristics were obtained from electronic medical records.

Results

Patients (n = 106) were 48.11% female, 70.75% white, and had a mean age ± SD of 47.90 ± 16.19 years old. Of all, 25.47% self-reported their psoriasis as severe. Mean physician global assessment score ± SD was 2.98 ± 1.81. Two-thirds (66.98%) of patients reported that, in response to seeing their psorias

SUBMITTER: Wan MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7963348 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature