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Patient Centered Care Situation and Health-related Quality of Life by Patients With Psoriasis, Urticaria or Lupus

Completed
Conditions
Quality of Life
Interventions
Behavioral: HRQL
Registration Number
NCT03324919
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital Regensburg
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)

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
220
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

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Psoriasis, HRQLHRQLPatients with a medical diagnosis of Psoriasis were enclosed.
Urticaria, HRQLHRQLPatients with a medical diagnosis of Urticaria were enclosed.
Lupus erythematodes, HRQLHRQLPatients with a medical diagnosis of Lupus were enclosed.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Investigation of patient centered care situation and health-related quality of life of patients with Psoriasis, Urtikaria and Lupus erythematosus24 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 Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Identification of relevant health-related quality of life parameters of these patients24 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 erythematosus24 months

EQ5D-5L Questionnaire and vas score, depending on the travel maximal distance accessing healthcare

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital Regensburg

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Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany

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