Clinical Burden of Concomitant Joint Disease in Psoriasis: A US-Linked Claims and Electronic Health Records Database Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have evaluated the clinical burden of concomitant joint disease in patients with psoriasis (PSO). The objective of this study was to assess comorbidity rates in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) compared with PSO alone.

Methods

This was a retrospective study of US patients with prevalent PSO. Linked medical claims and electronic health records (EHR) in Optum's de-identified Integrated Claims-Clinical dataset were analyzed from 2007 to 2018. Patients were followed for up to 5 years after the first claim/diagnostic code for PSO (index date). Baseline comorbidity prevalence and follow-up rates (cases per 1000 person-years) were assessed using descriptive statistics. Comorbidity rate analysis included patients with the respective comorbidity at basel

SUBMITTER: Skornicki M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8107168 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature