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Individual Burden of Psoriasis (I-BOP): Building and Validation of a New Scoring Tool for Patients with Psoriasis
Khaled Ezzedine1, Anne Claire Fougerousse2,3, Roberte Aubert4
1EA EpiDermE UPEC Université Paris-Est Créteil, Creteil, France.
Background:
Psoriasis impacts independently of its severity on patients' lifestyle and quality of life (QoL).
Aim:
To build a tool for assessing the patient-reported psoriasis burden.
Methods:
An expert group created a questionnaire using a standardized methodology building questionnaires assessing quality of life issues. The questionnaire was translated from French into a cultural and linguistically validated US English version.
Results:
A conceptual questionnaire of 54 questions was created. The confirmatory analyses resulted in a 10-feature questionnaire divided into 4 internally consistent domains with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.9. It was reproducible and highly reliable. It correlated well with the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and SF-12 mental and SF12 physical scores.
Conclusion:
This tool allows for the first time to assess the burden of psoriasis patients. Its use may allow improving medical and nonmedical patient care, thus improving their daily life.
