Epidemiology of Psoriasis in Cairo Governorate
Mahira Hamdy El Sayed, Marwa SalahEldin Zaki, Mahmoud Fawzi Saleh Younis- General Medicine
Abstract
Background
Psoriasis is a chronic, non-communicable, painful, disfiguring and disabling disease with great negative impact on patients’ quality of life (QoL). It can occur at any age, and is most common in the age group 50–69.
Aim of the Study
To identify the prevalence of psoriasis in Cairo governorate, the associated socio-demographic and anthropometric data, and percentage of each clinical type, as well as to define the possible precipitating factors and other diseases related to psoriasis.
Patients and Methods
This cross-sectional observational study included patients with psoriasis collected from patients attending the outpatient Dermatology and Andrology Department of Educational Hospitals of Cairo Governorate (Al Haud AlMarsoud Hospital & Ain Shams University Hospital) during a period of six months that started from June 2020 to December 2020. It was a multi-center study including 2 Educational Dermatology hospitals.
Results
We found significant association between severity of psoriasis with male gender, with degree of impairment of life, with skin type III, and with higher age of onset.
Conclusion
We observed no association of psoriasis severity with DM, hypertension, BMI, or joint manifestations. Our findings are similar to most of other published epidemiological studies on psoriasis.