Open AccessA study of psoriasis and quality of life in a tertiary care teaching hospital of Kottayam, Kerala
Author(s) -
VD Manjula,
S Sreekiran,
PSurendran Saril,
MP Sreekanth
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.84767
Subject(s) - medicine , psoriasis , interquartile range , quality of life (healthcare) , dermatology life quality index , severity of illness , tertiary care , physical therapy , dermatology , nursing
Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease which has an impact on health-related quality of life (QoL). The psoriasis disability index (PDI) is a simple 15-item questionnaire which is used to assess overall psoriasis disability.