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A Study of Awareness and Screening Behavior of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Psoriasis and Dermatologists
BACKGROUND: A number of studies have suggested an increased frequency of cardiovascular (CV) diseases in patients with psoriasis. OBJECTIVE: In this study, we assessed the awareness among psoriasis patients and dermatologists in private primary clinics about the increased CV risk linked to psoriasis...
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Korean Dermatological Association; The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323604/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25673933 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2015.27.1.59 |
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author | Lee, Min Kyung Kim, Han Su Cho, Eun Byul Park, Eun Joo Kim, Kwang Ho Kim, Kwang Joong |
author_facet | Lee, Min Kyung Kim, Han Su Cho, Eun Byul Park, Eun Joo Kim, Kwang Ho Kim, Kwang Joong |
author_sort | Lee, Min Kyung |
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description | BACKGROUND: A number of studies have suggested an increased frequency of cardiovascular (CV) diseases in patients with psoriasis. OBJECTIVE: In this study, we assessed the awareness among psoriasis patients and dermatologists in private primary clinics about the increased CV risk linked to psoriasis, and examined the screening behaviors of dermatologists for CV risk factors in psoriasis patients. METHODS: We distributed questionnaires to dermatologists in primary clinics and to psoriasis patients about their awareness of the increased CV risk factors related with psoriasis. RESULTS: One hundred four patients and 50 dermatologists were included. 64.4% of patients and 92% of dermatologists answered that they know about the increased risk of CV diseases in psoriasis patients. However, far fewer dermatologists than expected followed the screening guidelines for CV risk factors. We found that the duration (p<0.0001) and severity (p<0.0001) of psoriasis were related to patient's awareness. A significant correlation between dermatologists' awareness and the number of psoriasis patients they treated each month was also observed (p<0.024). CONCLUSION: This study may help promote the idea that psoriasis patients require education about their increased CV risk factors and that dermatologists require further education about screening practices to detect CV risk in psoriasis patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-43236042015-02-11 A Study of Awareness and Screening Behavior of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Psoriasis and Dermatologists Lee, Min Kyung Kim, Han Su Cho, Eun Byul Park, Eun Joo Kim, Kwang Ho Kim, Kwang Joong Ann Dermatol Original Article BACKGROUND: A number of studies have suggested an increased frequency of cardiovascular (CV) diseases in patients with psoriasis. OBJECTIVE: In this study, we assessed the awareness among psoriasis patients and dermatologists in private primary clinics about the increased CV risk linked to psoriasis, and examined the screening behaviors of dermatologists for CV risk factors in psoriasis patients. METHODS: We distributed questionnaires to dermatologists in primary clinics and to psoriasis patients about their awareness of the increased CV risk factors related with psoriasis. RESULTS: One hundred four patients and 50 dermatologists were included. 64.4% of patients and 92% of dermatologists answered that they know about the increased risk of CV diseases in psoriasis patients. However, far fewer dermatologists than expected followed the screening guidelines for CV risk factors. We found that the duration (p<0.0001) and severity (p<0.0001) of psoriasis were related to patient's awareness. A significant correlation between dermatologists' awareness and the number of psoriasis patients they treated each month was also observed (p<0.024). CONCLUSION: This study may help promote the idea that psoriasis patients require education about their increased CV risk factors and that dermatologists require further education about screening practices to detect CV risk in psoriasis patients. Korean Dermatological Association; The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology 2015-02 2015-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4323604/ /pubmed/25673933 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2015.27.1.59 Text en Copyright © 2015 The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Lee, Min Kyung Kim, Han Su Cho, Eun Byul Park, Eun Joo Kim, Kwang Ho Kim, Kwang Joong A Study of Awareness and Screening Behavior of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Psoriasis and Dermatologists |
title | A Study of Awareness and Screening Behavior of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Psoriasis and Dermatologists |
title_full | A Study of Awareness and Screening Behavior of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Psoriasis and Dermatologists |
title_fullStr | A Study of Awareness and Screening Behavior of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Psoriasis and Dermatologists |
title_full_unstemmed | A Study of Awareness and Screening Behavior of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Psoriasis and Dermatologists |
title_short | A Study of Awareness and Screening Behavior of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Psoriasis and Dermatologists |
title_sort | study of awareness and screening behavior of cardiovascular risk factors in patients with psoriasis and dermatologists |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323604/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25673933 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2015.27.1.59 |
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