INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the impact of psoriasis on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) using different questionnaires. PATIENTS AND METHODS Prospective observational study of patients with plaque psoriasis of at least 6 months' duration stratified by active and stable disease. The patients were evaluated at baseline, 7 days, and 12 weeks. At the 3 vi...

Background: Psoriasis is a chronic skin disorder that can significantly affect a patient’s quality of life (QoL). The goal of this study was to determine the QoL in patients with psoriasis and to investigate the correlation between the QoL, demographic data, and clinical severity of psoriasis.Methods: This prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted from April 2014 to January 2015. One hun...

IMPORTANCE Psoriasis is associated with adiposity and weight gain increases the severity of psoriasis and the risk of incident psoriasis. Therefore, we aimed to measure the effect of weight reduction on the severity of psoriasis in obese patients with psoriasis. OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of weight reduction on the severity of psoriasis in overweight patients. DESIGN Sixty obese patient...

Evidence-based personalized treatment strategies do not exist to guide biologic of psoriasis. As a result, trial-and-error approach is adopted. Recurrent neural networks(RNNs) are deep learning artificial intelligence models that make predictions on longitudinal data, such as within the British Association Dermatologists Biologic and Immunomodulators Register(BADBIR). We aimed develop RNNs pred...

The “Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI)” is commonly used to measure the severity of psoriasis at a specific point in time. This score does not consider patient history, leaving possible gap satisfaction patients regarding their care. cross-sectional study aimed test if PeakPASI, highest PASI ever measured, beneficial additional tool assess long-term burden, variations treatments comorbid...

Aim of the study : To compare the efficacy and tolerability of various topical therapies like short contact Lipsomal dithranol ointment, 0.1% Betamethasone valerate ointment and liquid paraffin for psoriasis. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in dermatology department of a tertiary hospital and a total of sixty patients who attended the Psoriasis clinic were randomly allocated to ...

BACKGROUND Psoriasis prevalence and characteristics in Asia, Central Europe, and Latin America have not been thoroughly investigated and there are no large trials for biologic treatments for patients from these regions. The goal of this analysis was to report clinical response to anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha treatment in these patients. METHODS Patients from Argentina, Czech Republic, Hun...