Age, gender, quality of life and psychological distress in patients hospitalized with psoriasis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 325-331

  Sampogna, F ^a   Chren, M M ^b   Melchi, C F ^a   Pasquini, P ^a   Tabolli, S ^a   Abeni, D ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Psoriasis; Psychological distress; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33644895126     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06909.x     Document Type: Article

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