Analysis of the relationship between psoriasis symptom severity and quality of life, work productivity, and activity impairment among patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis using structural equation modeling

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 199-205

  Lewis Beck, Colin ^a   Abouzaid, Safiya ^b   Xie, Lin ^c   Baser, Onur ^c,d   Kim, Edward ^e  

^a Freddie Mac   (United States)

^b EISAI INC   (United States)

^c STATINMED RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activity impairment; Psoriasis; Severity; Structural equation modeling; Work productivity loss

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRODUCTIVITY; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 12;

EID: 84875012274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S39887     Document Type: Article

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