Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in African-American patients—the need to measure disease burden

Gaps in knowledge exist regarding the clinical characteristics of psoriatic disease in ethnic minority patients. We evaluated validated clinical disease measures of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in African-American and Caucasian patients. Adult outpatients with confirmed diagnoses of psoriasis a...

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Published in:Clinical rheumatology 2015-10, Vol.34 (10), p.1753-1759
Main Authors: Kerr, Gail S., Qaiyumi, Seema, Richards, John, Vahabzadeh-Monshie, Hashem, Kindred, Chesahna, Whelton, Sean, Constantinescu, Florina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Medical Centers
Adult
African Americans
Aged
Arthritis, Psoriatic - diagnosis
Arthritis, Psoriatic - epidemiology
Arthritis, Psoriatic - ethnology
Arthritis, Psoriatic - physiopathology
Biological Products - therapeutic use
Cohort Studies
Comorbidity
European Continental Ancestry Group
Female
Health Status
Hospitals, Veterans
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Original Article
Psoriasis - diagnosis
Psoriasis - epidemiology
Psoriasis - ethnology
Quality of Life
Rheumatology
Severity of Illness Index
Surveys and Questionnaires
Treatment Outcome
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Gaps in knowledge exist regarding the clinical characteristics of psoriatic disease in ethnic minority patients. We evaluated validated clinical disease measures of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in African-American and Caucasian patients. Adult outpatients with confirmed diagnoses of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and seen at four urban academic institutions were eligible for evaluation. Validated patient and physician-reported disease outcome parameters, quality of life measures of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, and frequencies of systemic immunosuppressive therapies and patient comorbidities were documented. Psoriatic arthritis was less frequent in African-Americans compared to Caucasians (30 vs. 64.5 %, respectively, p  
ISSN:0770-3198
1434-9949
DOI:10.1007/s10067-014-2763-3