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Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis

2013; Elsevier BV; Volume: 44; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.amepre.2013.01.004

1873-2607

Charles G. Helmick, Jeffrey J. Sacks, Joel M. Gelfand, Bruce F. Bebo, Hyewon Lee-Han, Tiffany L. Baird, Chris Bartlett,

Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Robust clinical, biomedical, and public health efforts currently address chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. However, similar efforts are less common for nonfatal conditions such as psoriasis, which is estimated to affect between 1% and 3% of the adult population, 1 Javitz H.S. Ward M.M. Farber E. Nail L. Vallow S.G. The direct cost of care for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in the U.S. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2002; 46: 850-860 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (171) Google Scholar , 2 Kurd S.K. Gelfand J.M. The prevalence of previously diagnosed and undiagnosed psoriasis in U.S. adults: results from NHANES 2003–2004. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2009; 60: 218-224 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (398) Google Scholar and psoriatic arthritis, an inflammatory arthritis found in up to one third of adults with psoriasis. 3 Gladman D.D. Antoni C. Mease P. Clegg D.O. Nash P. Psoriatic arthritis: epidemiology, clinical features, course, and outcome. Ann Rheum Dis. 2005; 64: ii14-ii17 Crossref PubMed Scopus (1143) Google Scholar Both diseases present a substantial public health burden in terms of healthcare costs ($650 million in 1997) 1 Javitz H.S. Ward M.M. Farber E. Nail L. Vallow S.G. The direct cost of care for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in the U.S. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2002; 46: 850-860 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (171) Google Scholar ; employment and ability to work 4 Fowler J.F. Duh M.S. Rovba L. et al. The impact of psoriasis on health care costs and patient work loss. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2008; 59: 772-780 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (122) Google Scholar ; and quality of life. 5 Stern R.S. Nijsten T. Feldman S.R. Margolis D.J. Rolstad T. Psoriasis is common, carries a substantial burden even when not extensive, and is associated with widespread treatment dissatisfaction. J Investig Dermatol Symp Proc. 2004; 9: 136-139 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (606) Google Scholar , 6 Gelfand J.M. Gladman D.D. Mease P.J. et al. Epidemiology of psoriatic arthritis in the population of the U.S. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2005; 53: 573e1-573e13 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF Scopus (433) Google Scholar