This exploratory study will be used to identify questions that will be part of a new QoL questionnaire for patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and to determine the sample size needed for its validation. The new questionnaire will be a global QoL questionnaire which will take into account the impact of both psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis on QoL. STUDY OBJECTIVES * To evaluate the influence of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis on patient's answers to QoL questions from DLQI, HAQ, EQ-5D, FACIT-fatigue and SF-36. * To identify an equal number of questions from DLQI, HAQ, EQ-5D, FACIT-fatigue and SF-36 where answers are mostly influenced either by psoriatic arthritis or by psoriasis.
This study will recruit three cohorts of 40 patients each: moderate psoriatic arthritis and moderate psoriasis, mild psoriatic arthritis and moderate psoriasis, moderate psoriatic arthritis and mild psoriasis. Eligible patients will fill the following questionnaires: Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), EQ-5D, Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-fatigue) and 36-Item Short Form Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36). In addition, each patient will be asked on a 4 point Likert scale how much their answer to each question is related to the impact of their skin disease or their psoriatic arthritis.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
105
Kirk Barber Research
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Winnipeg Clinic Dermatology Research
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Nexus Clinical Research
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Dermatrials Research
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Lynderm Research Inc.
Markham, Ontario, Canada
Windsor Clinical Research Inc.
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Innovaderm Research Inc.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Centre de Recherche Dermatologique du Quebec Metropolitain
Québec, Quebec, Canada
Clinique Médicale Dr Isabelle Delorme
Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Diex Research Sherbrooke east
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
There is no primary outcome in this study. See objectives.
There is no primary outcome in this study. Patients with psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis answer questionnaires on one occasion.
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