Quality of Life
Conditions
Keywords
Psoriasis, Urticaria, Lupus erythematodes, qualtiy of life
Brief summary
This study is based on a survey about the patient centered care situation and health-related quality of life of patients with diagnoses Psoriasis, Urtikaria or Lupus erythematodes. Detection of relevant parameters of quality of life by these patients serves for the detection of psychosocial burden of the mentioned skin diseases, thus gaining an increasing importance for prospective economic issues. This survey is a behaviorally based questionnaire for patients with the above diseases and addresses activities such as sleep and rest, mobility, recreation, home management, emotional behavior, social interaction, and the like.
Detailed description
The care of patients with the above indications is based on a wide variety of available therapies. This study is based on a survey about the patient centered care situation and health-related quality of life of patients with diagnoses Psoriasis, Urtikaria or Lupus erythematodes. Therefore a cross-sectional survey will be done of patients with the above diseases from non-urban practices vs. urban practices (University Hospital). An adequate diagnosis and treatment of Psorisasis, Urticaria or Lupus erythematodes is often problematic due to the diverse and complex organ manifestations. However adequate diagnosis and appropriate treatments of these diseases is often conducted by various medical specialists in both outpatient and in-patient care. Lack of access and ability of the rural population to get an appropriate therapy may lead by these patients to false diagnosis or a therapeutic oversupply of an only symptom-oriented therapy. Furthermore the partly chronic character in the above mentioned diseases with recurrent symptoms, connected with prolonged itching periods and long-lasting treatments by these patients can lead to both emotional, mental stress and physical isolation. This situation does not only affect the health but also the overall quality of life of these patients. Therefore this study addresses several factors concerning the patient's perceived health status and to detect changes or differences in health status occurring between groups (patients from non-urban practices vs urban practices)
Interventions
BEHAVIORALHRQL
Intervention of patient centered care situation and health-related quality of life of patients with Psoriasis, Urticaria or Lupus erythematodes from non-urban practices vs urban practises. Identification of relevant health-related quality of life parameters of these patients.
Sponsors
University of Regensburg
University Hospital Regensburg
Study design
Observational model
ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Voluntary consent by written and oral explanation. * Patients with the diseases Psoriasis, Urticaria or Lupus
Exclusion criteria
* Children and adolescents \< 18 years * pregnancy and breast feeding period of women * History of abuse of alcohol, drugs or other substances, or factors that limit the ability to cooperate and compliance in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Investigation of patient centered care situation and health-related quality of life of patients with Psoriasis, Urtikaria and Lupus erythematosus | 24 months | Detection of the quality of life score by these patients. Questionnaire administration and clinical documentation takes place when patients were present at the outpatient clinic of the Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Regensburg. Key inclusion criteria: diagnoses of psoriasis, urticaria or lupus erythematodes |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Identification of relevant health-related quality of life parameters of these patients | 24 months | Questionnaire, that my medical care situation must be improved at all depending on my DLQI score. The DLQI-Questionnaire will be used.The questionnaires address skin-specific aspects as well as general aspects (activities of daily living, overall health-status) of quality of life. |
| Evalulation of the EQ5D-5L score of patients with Psoriasis, Urtikaria and Lupus erythematosus | 24 months | EQ5D-5L Questionnaire and vas score, depending on the travel maximal distance accessing healthcare |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed