Table 2 Impact of psoriasis in hard-to-treat areas
From: Epidemiology of psoriasis in hard-to-treat body locations: data from the Danish skin cohort
With involvement of difficult-to-treat area | Without involvement of difficult-to-treat area | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scalp | Face | Palms | Soles | Genitals | Nails | At least one difficult-to-treat area | ||
(n = 1726) | (n = 1200) | (n = 551) | (n = 628) | (n = 568) | (n = 982) | (n = 2602) | (n = 1414) | |
(mild = 561) | (mild = 322) | (mild = 157) | (mild = 195) | (mild = 146) | (mild = 299) | (mild = 937) | (mild = 229) | |
Current DLQI, mean (SD) | 4.7 (5.2) | 5.6 (5.5) | 5.7 (5.8) | 5.7 (5.9) | 5.9 (5.6) | 5.6 (5.2) | 4.6 (5.1) | 1.7 (3.4) |
Current DLQI (mild psoriasis only), mean (SD) | 2.4 (3.1) | 3.0 (3.7) | 3.5 (4.4) | 3.2 (3.7) | 3.2 (3.5) | 3.0 (3.7) | 2.6 (3.3) | 1.6 (2.9) |
Joint pain (NRS 0–10) in last 7 days, mean (SD) | 3.9 (3.0) | 4.1 (3.1) | 4.7 (3.0) | 4.7 (3.0) | 4.0 (3.0) | 4.4 (3.0) | 4.0 (3.0) | 3.5 (3.1) |
Skin pain (NRS 0–10) in last 7 days, mean (SD) | 2.5 (2.7) | 2.8 (2.8) | 3.5 (3.1) | 3.4 (3.0) | 3.0 (2.8) | 3.0 (2.8) | 2.5 (2.8) | 1.2 (2.1) |
Touch avoidance (NRS 0–10) in last 7 days, mean (SD) | 1.2 (2.5) | 1.5 (2.7) | 1.8 (3.0) | 1.4 (2.7) | 1.7 (2.9) | 1.5 (2.7) | 1.2 (2.5) | 0.4 (1.6) |
Trouble sleeping (NRS 0–10) in last 3 days, mean (SD) | 3.3 (3.0) | 3.6 (3.0) | 4.0 (3.1) | 3.8 (3.1) | 3.7 (3.0) | 3.5 (3.0) | 3.3 (3.0) | 2.7 (2.9) |
Itch severity (NRS 0–10) in last 3 days, mean (SD) | 3.3 (2.9) | 3.8 (3.0) | 3.9 (3.2) | 3.8 (3.0) | 4.2 (3.0) | 3.7 (2.9) | 3.2 (2.9) | 1.6 (2.3) |
Itch location, n (%) | ||||||||
Only on lesional skin | 646 (37.4) | 480 (40.0) | 233 (42.3) | 261 (41.6) | 213 (37.5) | 379 (38.6) | 1031 (39.6) | 270 (32.7) |
Predominantly on lesional skin | 492 (28.5) | 374 (31.2) | 156 (28.3) | 172 (27.4) | 189 (33.3) | 303 (30.9) | 664 (25.5) | 103 (12.5) |
Only on non-lesional skin | 86 (5.0) | 34 (2.8) | 16 (2.9) | 18 (2.9) | 25 (4.4) | 39 (4.0) | 129 (5.0) | 45 (5.4) |
Predominantly on non-lesional skin | 146 (8.5) | 98 (8.2) | 34 (6.2) | 54 (8.6) | 49 (8.6) | 63 (6.4) | 209 (8.0) | 35 (4.2) |
Equally on lesional and non-lesional skin | 140 (8.1) | 97 (8.1) | 42 (7.6) | 43 (6.9) | 50 (8.8) | 80 (8.2) | 182 (7.0) | 35 (4.2) |
Patient generally does not have itch | 212 (12.3) | 15 (9.6) | 68 (12.3) | 79 (12.6) | 42 (7.4) | 115 (11.7) | 381 (14.6) | 331 (40.0) |
Unknown | 4 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.3) | 6 (0.2) | 8 (1.0) |