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Published on: July 11, 2013
Self-practice among patients with psoriasis: University hospital experience
Shaimaa Ismail Omar1, Moustapha Ahmed Ramadan2
1Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Objectives:
This study aimed to assess the self-care practices of patients with psoriasis and factors affecting them.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was conducted on 110 adult patients with confirmed diagnosis of psoriasis. Each patient underwent a personal structured interview with the physician using two predetermined questionnaires, one for assessing self-care practices and another for evaluating patients' knowledge of their disease and sociodemographic and clinical features.
Results:
Most studied patients had poor level of self-care practices and knowledge. Patients' level of self-care was positively associated with the level of the knowledge of their disease. Poor level of self-care practice was significantly associated with low level of education, disease severity, and Psoriasis Area and Severity Index score.
Conclusion:
Patients with low level of education or disease knowledge will mostly have poor self-care behavior.
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