Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of 626 Patients with Moderate and Severe Psoriasis

dc.contributor.authorRifaioglu, Emine Nur
dc.contributor.authorOzarmagan, Guzin
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-18T20:55:32Z
dc.date.available2024-09-18T20:55:32Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractAim: In our study, we aim to investigate the demographic, clinic features and the treatments of patients with moderate to severe psoriasis who were followed in outpatient clinic of psoriasis of Department of Dermatology in Istanbul Medical School of Istanbul University. Material and Method: One thousand eight hundred and thirty-one patients, who were followed between 2002-2008 in outpatient clinic of psoriasis. were screened and 626 (34%) of them, who were moderate and severe. were evaluated retrospectively. Results: Three hundred five of the patients who participated in our study were female and 321 were male. Mean age of onset was 28.1. Most frequently clinical type was plaque psoriasis. Most frequently nail involvement was pitting in patients. Nail involvement was statistically common in arthropathic patients. Family history was statistically common in psoriasis patients with early onset Retinoid was the most common used systemic drug. Narrow band UVB was the most common used phototherapy. Discussion: Moderate to severe psoriasis rate was 34%. Female to male ratio was close to one another. Peak age of onset of psoriasis was between 16-25 years old. The most common concomitant systemic disease was diabetes mellitus. The findings were consistent with the literature. Consequently psoriasis is a chronic. recurrent, inflammatory dermatologic disease which affect 2% of the word and which negatively affect the quality of life in patients with comorbidities. Especially in severe forms of psoriasis can cause loss of labor in patients. A good knowledge of demographic and clinical characteristics of psoriasis is important to shedding light on the further clinical studies.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4328/JCAM.2413
dc.identifier.endpage14en_US
dc.identifier.issn1309-0720
dc.identifier.issn1309-2014
dc.identifier.startpage9en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4328/JCAM.2413
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/11902
dc.identifier.volume5en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000215574200003en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.publisherDerman Medical Publen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Clinical and Analytical Medicineen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectPsoriasisen_US
dc.subjectSociodemographyen_US
dc.subjectClinical Featuresen_US
dc.titleClinical and Demographic Characteristics of 626 Patients with Moderate and Severe Psoriasisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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