Perfil nosológico das consultas dermatológicas no Brasil

doi:10.1590/s0365-05962006000600006

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“…Most epidemiologic psoriasis studies in developing countries have been carried out through surveys or retrospective local data and, to our best knowledge, in-depth psoriasis studies in Latin America are scarce or lacking. Reports from some Latin American countries have described that the disease accounts for 2 to 6%, 2.03%, and 1.6 to 4.8% of dermatological consultations in Colombia [7,8], Chile [9] and Brazil [10], respectively.…”

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Epidemiologic characteristics and burden of psoriasis: A multicenter, cross-sectional study

Sanclemente¹,

Mora²,

Velez³

et al. 2022

Medwave

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Background Although psoriasis burden and treatment have been well characterized in developed countries, there are scarce in-depth epidemiological studies in Latin American countries. Objectives To describe the sociodemographic and clinical features and the economic burden of psoriasis among children and adult patients from Colombia. Methods This cross-sectional study included patients from dermatology private practice offices, health provider institutions and hospitals in seven Colombian cities. We collected data on disease distribution, weight, height, body mass index, waist-hip ratio, disease severity, therapy, personal history of comorbidities, and direct costs. Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to assess the associations between severity scales and sociodemographic and clinical variables. Results Two-hundred-three patients (43.8% women, 56.2% men) with an age range between 7 to 89 years old were included. The main subtype was psoriasis vulgaris and mean age of diagnosis was 37.1 years. The most common comorbidities were obesity, hypertension, psoriatic arthritis, dyslipidemia and diabetes. Women had a significant increased odds of presenting with psoriatic arthritis. Body-mass-index and hypertension were significantly associated with a higher psoriasis severity, whereas being female and non-obese was associated with a lower risk. A third of the patients had a family history of psoriasis and sleeping disorders. Forty-one percent of participants either had no income or had an income below 224 US dollars per month and >20% of their income was spent on their disease. Conclusions This study is supported by robust scientific data and contributes to understanding the burden of psoriasis in Latin America. This study adds well-supported data through an in-depth clinical and economical characterization of Colombian children and adult patients with psoriasis and shows the high impact and burden of the disease on patients and their families.

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Epidemiologic characteristics and burden of psoriasis: A multicenter, cross-sectional study

Sanclemente¹,

Mora²,

Velez³

et al. 2022

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“…Although in Brazil there are no population-based studies to evaluate the prevalence of the disease, in dermatological clinics, pigmentary dermatoses represent the third cause of appointments (8.4%), varying among age groups, genders and the different regions of the country 11 . In an investigation with public institution employees from the countryside of Brazil, melasma was identified in 22% of them 12 .…”

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Evaluation of quality of life related to melasma

Maranzatto

Miot

Meneguin

2018

ESTIMA, Braz. J. Enterostomal Ther.

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Objective: To synthesize the scientific production about quality of life related to melasma and to analyze the instruments used to evaluate the construct. Method: Integrative revision with search in Web of Science databases, Lilacs, PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar and Embase. All articles published in the literature up to 2013 were included. Results: The sample consisted of 26 articles. Most of the research was realized in the United States of America (30.7%), followed by Brazil (38.4%) and South Korea (38.4%). The intervention studies were emphasized (57.5%), using Melasma Quality of Life Scale (MELASQol) as a specific instrument. Conclusion: This review allowed to identify that the assessment of quality of life related to melasma has been widely discussed in the literature. As for the instruments used to evaluate the construct, there is only one specific, translated and validated in several countries, but whose development did not follow the classic stages of psychometry.

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