Epidemiology of Psoriasis in Cairo Governorate

Abstract

soriasis is a chronic, non-communicable, painful, disfiguring and disabling disease with great negative impact on patients’ quality of life (QoL). It can occur at any age, and is most common in the age group 50–69. The reported prevalence of psoriasis in countries ranges between 0.09% and 11.4%, making psoriasis a serious global problem. The aim of the study is to identify the prevalence of psoriasis in Cairo governorate, the associated socio-demographic and anthropometric data, and percentage of each clinical type, as well as to define the possible precipitating factors and other diseases related to psoriasis. This cross-sectional observational study included patients with psoriasis collected from patients attending the outpatient Dermatology and Andrology Department of Educational Hospitals of Cairo Governorate (Al Haud AlMarsoud Hospital & Ain Shams University Hospital) during a period of six months that started from June 2020 to December 2020. It was a multi-center study including 2 Educational Dermatology hospitals. This study was approved by the research ethical committee of Ain Shams University & fulfilled all the ethical aspects required in human research.