Psoriasis Patients’ Knowledge about the Disease and Treatments

Table 2

Descriptive data, 𝑛=254.

	𝑛	Range (mean) SD	𝑛 (%)
Age, years	254	20–80 (47) 12
Years with psoriasis	245	1–60 (24) 13
BMI	251	17–49 (28) 5
Pretreatment PASI score	253	0.4–26.1 (7.5) 4.1
Posttreatment PASI score	253	0–20.6 (1.6) 2.2
Sex, women	254		102 (40)
Educational level	254
Primary school ≥ 12 years			153 (60)
University < 4 years			52 (20)
University ≥ 4 years			49 (19)
Employed, yes	254		174 (69)
Living alone, yes	250		70 (28)
Comorbidity, yes	254		111 (44)
PsA verified by doctor, yes	252		64 (25)
Previous climate therapy, yes	252		140 (55)
PKQ T1	253	5–43 (24.4) 7.0
PKQ T2	249	6–44 (29.7) 7.0
PKQ T3	211	9–43 (29.3) 7.1

BMI: body mass index, PsA: psoriasis arthritis, PASI: psoriasis area severity index, PKQ: psoriasis knowledge questionnaire, T1: before climate therapy, T2: immediately after climate therapy, and T3: three months after climate therapy.