Abstract

PSORIASIS INFLUENCE ON THE PATIENTS’ QUALITY OF LIFE

Valentina B. Petkova, Milen V. Dimitrov, Irina N. Nikolova, Christina Ch. Voycheva, Velisslava G. Valchanova MA, Kalina G. Andreevska

ABSTRACT

Psoriasis influences patient's lives, affecting them physically, psychologically and socially. Their quality of life is similar to that of other major medical diseases such as cancer, arthritis, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and depression. The objective of this study was to evaluate QOL in psoriasis patients before and after treatment with extemporaneous formulation. Methods: The patient’s self-assessment Koo-Menter Psoriasis Instrument (A part) is applied to 22 patients suffering from different stage of psoriasis. With 0 is indicated the absolute absence of a problem while with 10 – “very much” availability. All data were processed through SPSS 20.0 software. Chi-square test and t test were used as data analysis. Results: 22 patients were enrolled in the study. The correlation analysis of PQOL1 and PQOL2 and sex, age and duration shows that there is no significant correlation between the patients quality of life and their sex and age. But there is significant correlation between PQOL1 and the duration of the disease., Conclusions: The study showed there is improvement in QOL in psoriasis patients before and after treatment with the extemporaneous formulation. Duration of disease can be considered as a possible mediator of impact on QOL.

Keywords: psoriasis, quality of life, dermatology