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- Title
Physician severity scores correlate poorly with health‐related quality of life in patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa.
- Authors
van Straalen, K.R.; van Trigt, I.; Prens, E.P.; van der Zee, H.H.
- Abstract
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is known to have a profound impact on the quality of life (QoL) of patients.1 Only a few small studies have assessed the Short Form-36 (SF-36) questionnaire in HS patients.2-5 The relation between patient characteristics, patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and SF-36 scores has never been evaluated, even though younger age of onset, higher pain and pruritus scores are known to affect other QoL scores among HS patients.5,6 The aim of this study was to assess the relation between patient characteristics, PROMs, and objective severity scores and SF-36 scores among HS patients. This is the first study to assess the contribution of patient characteristics, PROMs and severity scores to SF-36 scores in a large cohort of HS patients. A disease-specific QoL questionnaire could include these important aspects and could be more sensitive to disease severity.8 In conclusion, HS severity scores were not associated with QoL, and treated depression was the largest independent factor for both component scores and all SF-36 domains.
- Subjects
HIDRADENITIS suppurativa; QUALITY of life; VITALITY; PHYSICIANS; PATIENT reported outcome measures
- Publication
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology, 2020, Vol 34, Issue 11, pe722
- ISSN
0926-9959
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jdv.16541