Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine clinical and demographic patterns among patients
with psoriasis and their effects on quality of life (QoL) using Dermatology
Quality of Life Index (DLQI).
METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Khyber Teaching
Hospital Peshawar, Pakistan from September 2016 to October 2017.
Consecutive sampling technique was used to select 168 patients with psoriasis.
DLQI used on all patients, was split in to two groups and score >10 was taken as
very large effect on patient's life. Data was analyzed through SPSS v.20 software.
RESULTS: Out of total 168 patients, 115 (68.5%) were female. Plaque was
the commonest (n=106; 63.1%) type of psoriasis followed by guttate (n=24;
14.3%) and palmoplantar (n=24; 14.3%). Majority of psoriasis were young
adults (n=60; 35.7%), followed by adults (n=56; 33.3%). Mean DLQI score
was 10.98±4.300. Group-1 (DLQI score=0-10) included 86 (51.2%) patients
and Group-2 (DLQI score >10) included 82 (48.8%) patients. A significant
mean difference was recorded among the two groups of DLQI and age of the
patient on Independent sample t-test {t (167) =-15.432, p = 0.000}. In group-
1, 59 (51.3%) were female and 27 (50.9%) were males; while in group-2, 56
(48.7%) were females and 26 (49.1%) were males.
CONCLUSION: Psoriasis is almost twice more common in female and plaque
psoriasis is the commonest variety. Psoriasis has a very large effect on QoL in
almost half of the patients. Impact of psoriasis on QoL of the patient is the same
in both genders and is more for the erythrodermic form of psoriasis.
Sadaf Rauf, Saddaf Akhtar, Farhad Ali. (2019) CLINICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH PSORIASIS AND ITS EFFECT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE USING DERMATOLOGY QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY, KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL, Volume 11, Issue 4.
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