Course Description: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that ranges in severity from patient to patient. Traditionally, percentage of body surface area affected has been used to assess the severity of psoriasis. However, this clinical assessment alone does not accurately reflect the overall effect of the disease on patients’ daily activities. Apart from the clinical severity of affected areas, psoriasis can also have a profound psychosocial impact on the patient, interfering in all aspects of life. Therefore, measuring the impact of disease must include both physiologic and quality of life (QoL) assessments.The goal of this program is to provide dermatologists and other healthcare professionals with an understanding of the various perspectives of psoriasis severity, definitions of severity and tools to assess the physical and psychosocial impact of the disease.

Course Accreditation: This course is archived, there is no CME-Accreditation.