Patients' visual analogue scale: A useful method for assessing psoriasis severity

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 347-348

  Flytström, Ingela ^a   Stenberg, Berndt ^b   Svensson, Åke ^c   Bergbrant, Ing Marie ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; METHOTREXATE;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS AREA AND SEVERITY INDEX; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863454739     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1237     Document Type: Letter

References (8)

1. Krueger G, Koo J, Lebwohl M, Menter A, Stern R, Rolstad T. The impact of psoriasis on quality of life: results of a 1998 National Psoriasis Foundation patient-membership survey. Arch Dermatol 2001; 137: 280-284.
2. Naldi L, Svensson A, Diepgen T, Elsner P, Grob JJ, Coenraads PJ, et al. Randomized clinical trials for psoriasis 1977-2000: the EDEN survey. J Invest Dermatol 2003; 120: 738-741.
3. Morsy H, Kamp S, Jemec GB. Outcomes in randomized controlled trials in psoriasis: what has changed over the last 20 years? J Dermatolog Treat 2007; 18: 261-267.
4. Garduno J, Bhosle MJ, Balkrishnan R, Feldman SR. Measures used in specifying psoriasis lesion(s), global disease and quality of life: a systematic review. J Dermatol Treat 2007; 18: 223-242.
5. Li L, Liu X, Herr K. Postoperative pain intensity assessment: a comparison of four scales in Chinese adults. Pain Med 2007; 8: 223-234.
6. Flytström I, Stenberg B, Svensson A, Bergbrant IM. Methotrexate vs. ciclosporin in psoriasis: effectiveness, quality of life and safety. A randomized controlled trial. Br J Dermatol 2008; 158: 116-121.
7. Aitken RC. Measurement of feelings using visual analogue scales. Proc R Soc Med 1969; 62: 989-993.
8. Briggs M, Closs JS. A descriptive study of the use of visual analogue scales and verbal rating scales for the assessment of postoperative pain in orthopedic patients. J Pain Symptom Manage 1999; 18: 438-446.