Open AccessEffect of Disease Severity on the Quality of Life and Sense of Stigmatization in Psoriatics
Author(s) -
Beata Kowalewska,
Barbara Jankowiak,
Mateusz Cybulski,
Elżbieta Krajewska-Kułak,
Д. Ф. Хворик
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 1178-7015
DOI - 10.2147/ccid.s286312
Subject(s) - psoriasis , dermatology life quality index , quality of life (healthcare) , feeling , psoriasis area and severity index , medicine , disease , clinical psychology , severity of illness , psychology , scale (ratio) , dermatology , social psychology , physics , nursing , quantum mechanics
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin having a profound effect on the quality of life and contributing to the sense of stigmatization in the affected patients. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of psoriasis severity on the quality of life and sense of stigmatization in psoriatics and to investigate relationships between these measures and sociodemographic variables.