Psycho-social determinants and magnitude of public health problems of psoriasis in Bangladesh

Background: Numerous studies have analyzed the influence of psoriasis on quality life and psychological health patients. 0nly few addressed effect disease individuals cohabitants psoriatic patients in developing countries, none Bangladesh. Objective: To assess clinical severity, physical psychosocial disability to analyze their interrelationship cohabitants. Methods: Hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted. The included questionnaire administered patient. Their measured with Psoriasis Disability index (PDI) Family Dermatology Life Quality (FDLQI), state stress inventory (PLSI). severity by area (PASI) score. Appropriate test conducted using SPSS software. Result: 225 (138 males, 87 female) were study. PASI scores correlated significantly over all PDI (<0.0001), incurred PLSI FDLQI (<0.0001) individual aspects PDI. higher index, PDI, scores, which indicated greater impact QOL. Among factors analyzed, daily activity, employment, leisure treatment reported be affected most. Relative female worries Conclusion: markedly worsens global well-being cohabitants, who experienced an impairment levels anxiety depression.