A Study on Dermatological Life Quality Index in Different Forms of Psoriasis
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The present study focuses on assess the quality of life of patients diagnosed with different forms of psoriasis. The mean DLQI scores were highest for patients with pustular psoriasis followed by nail psoriasis, palmoplantar psoriasis, scalp and psoriasis vulgaris in that order. While the type of psoriasis did significantly influence the impact on the QoL, the association was found to be weak. The present study includes the regardless of the type of psoriasis, the quality of life impairment is significant in all forms of the disease and hence treatment should be aimed at improving the quality of life of the patient along with bringing down the disease severity.
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Sivaramakrishnan S., Jayakar Thomas, K. Manoharan. (2021). A Study on Dermatological Life Quality Index in Different Forms of Psoriasis. Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology, 3877–3881. Retrieved from http://annalsofrscb.ro/index.php/journal/article/view/1876
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