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Inventi Impact: Dermatology

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  • Inventi:hdr/80/13
    PSORIASIS PATIENTSâ?? KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE DISEASE AND TREATMENTS
    30-Sep-2013 Research 2013 : October - December
    Astrid Klopstad Wahl, Torbjorn Moum, Hilde Stendal Robinson, Eva Langeland, Marie Hamilton Larsen, Anne\r\nLene Krogstad

    Patientsââ?¬â?¢ knowledge about psoriasis and its treatment has been randomly studied previously. The aim of the study is to investigate\r\npatientsââ?¬â?¢ knowledge about psoriasis in relation to undergoing patient education in the context of climate therapy (CT).Thepsoriasis\r\nknowledge questionnaire (PKQ) was used in a follow-up preââ?¬â??post study design ofNorwegian patients with psoriasis at the age of 20\r\nyears and older undergoing CT at Gran Canaria (Spain). Patients completed the PKQ and provided selected demographic, clinical\r\nand health information before (T1), immediately after (T2), and 3 months after (T3) CT. Disease severity was assessed using the\r\npsoriasis area and severity index (PASI). 254 psoriasis patients were included (74%). The PKQ score improved significantly fromT1\r\nto T2 and T3 (?? < 0.001 for both comparisons). Although patientââ?¬â?¢s knowledge improved, further research should use gold standard\r\ndesigns (experiments) to study the effects of educational interventions in different contexts.

    How to Cite this Article
    CC Compliant Citation: Astrid Klopstad Wahl, Torbjørn Moum, Hilde Stendal Robinson, Eva Langeland, Marie Hamilton Larsen, and\r\nAnne Lene Krogstad, â??Psoriasis Patients' Knowledge about the Disease and Treatments,â?Dermatology Research and Practice, vol.\r\n2013, Article ID 921737, 7 pages, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/921737.
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