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A prospective 52‐week randomized controlled trial of patient‐initiated care consultations for patients with psoriasis

Overview of attention for article published in British Journal of Dermatology, May 2018
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Title
A prospective 52‐week randomized controlled trial of patient‐initiated care consultations for patients with psoriasis
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British Journal of Dermatology, May 2018
DOI 10.1111/bjd.16369
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L.R. Khoury, T. Møller, C. Zachariae, L. Skov

Abstract

Treatment and care of moderate to severe psoriasis requires lifelong consultations with a dermatologist with close monitoring of systemic treatment. To investigate the effect of patient-initiated care consultations (PICC) for patients with psoriasis in a dermatology outpatient clinic. A prospective randomised controlled trial with patients in well-controlled systemic treatment randomised to either 1) the PICC group, where they participated in one annual consultation with a dermatologist but were able to initiate consultations when needed; or 2) routine care, where they participated in a consultation every 12-16 weeks. The primary outcome was the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). Other outcomes were safety, patient adherence and satisfaction with healthcare assessed at baseline and after 52 weeks. 150 patients were included, with 58.0% treated with biologicals, 37.3% with methotrexate and 4.7% with acitretin. At week 52 no statistically significant mean difference between groups was detected in DLQI 0.28 (95% CI, -0.35-0.9) or Psoriasis Area Severity Index -0.24 (95% CI, -0.84-0.36). Patients in the PICC group requested 63.1% fewer consultations with a dermatologist, mean ±SD 2.5 ±0.1 vs. 5.1 ±0.6, (p=0.001). Patient adherence and safety with treatment monitoring was equal between groups, but the PICC group was significantly better at attending consultations than the control group (p=0.003). PICC offers additional clinical benefits compared to routine care, making patients less dependent on clinical visits. The intervention adds no harm to monitoring systemic treatment and patients report high quality of life and satisfaction with healthcare. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 53 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 12 23%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 17%
Other 5 9%
Researcher 5 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 6%
Other 8 15%
Unknown 11 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 19%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 11%
Psychology 6 11%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 6%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 16 30%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 September 2018.
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#2,018,790
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from British Journal of Dermatology
#641
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#41,589
of 343,952 outputs
Outputs of similar age from British Journal of Dermatology
#13
of 216 outputs
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