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A Dermatological Questionnaire for General Practitioners with a Focus on Hidradenitis Suppurativa

BACKGROUND: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a skin chronic inflammatory disease typically located in several areas such as perianal, inguinal and axillary regions. In 40% to 70% of cases, general practitioners (GPs) are the first health care professionals consulted by patients suffering from HS. Th...

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Autores principales: Marasca, Claudio, Annunziata, Maria Carmela, Cacciapuoti, Sara, Cantelli, Mariateresa, Martora, Fabrizio, Scotti, Silvestro, Sparano, Luigi, Fabbrocini, Gabriella
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Republic of Macedonia 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6236034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30455771
http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2018.358
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author Marasca, Claudio
Annunziata, Maria Carmela
Cacciapuoti, Sara
Cantelli, Mariateresa
Martora, Fabrizio
Scotti, Silvestro
Sparano, Luigi
Fabbrocini, Gabriella
author_facet Marasca, Claudio
Annunziata, Maria Carmela
Cacciapuoti, Sara
Cantelli, Mariateresa
Martora, Fabrizio
Scotti, Silvestro
Sparano, Luigi
Fabbrocini, Gabriella
author_sort Marasca, Claudio
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description BACKGROUND: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a skin chronic inflammatory disease typically located in several areas such as perianal, inguinal and axillary regions. In 40% to 70% of cases, general practitioners (GPs) are the first health care professionals consulted by patients suffering from HS. The role of GPs in HS management could be more substantial than it has been in the past. AIM: We developed a questionnaire to assess the knowledge of HS by GPs and to evaluate if in their perception the dermatologist is the reference medical doctor for pathology above. METHODS: The data were processed by a univariate descriptive statistical analysis. RESULTS: Our study showed GPs could recognise patients affected by HS. They have proven to know the main features of HS. Nevertheless, the second part of the questionnaire has highlighted the considerable confusion of GPs about who the reference figure is. CONCLUSION: The data registered regarding therapy and follow up too, only show a mild preponderance of dermatologist compared to other professional figures, such as a surgeon, GPs and plastic surgeon.
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spelling pubmed-62360342018-11-19 A Dermatological Questionnaire for General Practitioners with a Focus on Hidradenitis Suppurativa Marasca, Claudio Annunziata, Maria Carmela Cacciapuoti, Sara Cantelli, Mariateresa Martora, Fabrizio Scotti, Silvestro Sparano, Luigi Fabbrocini, Gabriella Open Access Maced J Med Sci Public Health BACKGROUND: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a skin chronic inflammatory disease typically located in several areas such as perianal, inguinal and axillary regions. In 40% to 70% of cases, general practitioners (GPs) are the first health care professionals consulted by patients suffering from HS. The role of GPs in HS management could be more substantial than it has been in the past. AIM: We developed a questionnaire to assess the knowledge of HS by GPs and to evaluate if in their perception the dermatologist is the reference medical doctor for pathology above. METHODS: The data were processed by a univariate descriptive statistical analysis. RESULTS: Our study showed GPs could recognise patients affected by HS. They have proven to know the main features of HS. Nevertheless, the second part of the questionnaire has highlighted the considerable confusion of GPs about who the reference figure is. CONCLUSION: The data registered regarding therapy and follow up too, only show a mild preponderance of dermatologist compared to other professional figures, such as a surgeon, GPs and plastic surgeon. Republic of Macedonia 2018-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6236034/ /pubmed/30455771 http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2018.358 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Claudio Marasca, Maria Carmela Annunziata, Sara Cacciapuoti, Mariateresa Cantelli, Fabrizio Martora, Silvestro Scotti, Luigi Sparano, Gabriella Fabbrocini. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/CC BY-NC/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
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Marasca, Claudio
Annunziata, Maria Carmela
Cacciapuoti, Sara
Cantelli, Mariateresa
Martora, Fabrizio
Scotti, Silvestro
Sparano, Luigi
Fabbrocini, Gabriella
A Dermatological Questionnaire for General Practitioners with a Focus on Hidradenitis Suppurativa
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title_full A Dermatological Questionnaire for General Practitioners with a Focus on Hidradenitis Suppurativa
title_fullStr A Dermatological Questionnaire for General Practitioners with a Focus on Hidradenitis Suppurativa
title_full_unstemmed A Dermatological Questionnaire for General Practitioners with a Focus on Hidradenitis Suppurativa
title_short A Dermatological Questionnaire for General Practitioners with a Focus on Hidradenitis Suppurativa
title_sort dermatological questionnaire for general practitioners with a focus on hidradenitis suppurativa
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6236034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30455771
http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2018.358
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