Abstract

VIVAS T, Sandra C et al. Life quality in patients with psoriasis diagnosis who attend to dermatology service ciudad hospitalaria "Enrique Tejera" february-april 2011. Comunidad y Salud [online]. 2012, vol.10, n.1, pp.29-34. ISSN 1690-3293.

Psoriasis is a chronic and relapsing disease affecting patients in many ways especially their quality of life, using triggers, be affected in a health, social, labor, without leaving aside the psychological health of the patient the objetive was. To describe the life quality in patients presenting to Dermatology Service, CHET diagnosed with psoriasis. We performed a descriptive crosssectional non-experimental, with a sample consist of 104 patients diagnosed with psoriasis attending the consultation of psoriasis of the Dermatology Service, CHET Data collection is performed by the test Dermatology Life Quality Index, Graffar Mendez Castellanos. The main results observed the mean age of 35.70 years, largely male 50.96% (53/104 cases), prevailing socioeconomic stratum Graffar IV (42.17%), 37.5% (39 cases) held that in lesser degree has represented dermopathy treatment of a problem, followed by those patients whom reported such treatment in Nothing is a problem.

Keywords : Psoriasis; chronic disease; life quality; treatment adherence.

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