1Lecturer, College of Nursing, JIPMER (Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical, Education and Research), Pudhucherry
2Professor, Rani Meyyammai College of Nursing, Annamalai University, Chidambaram
3Professor, Department of Dermatology, JIPMER (Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical, Education and Research), Pudhucherry-06
Online published on 17 March, 2016.
The study was aimed to investigate the patients ’knowledge regarding psoriasis and the association of knowledge score with the selected socio-demographic variables.
A cross-sectional descriptive design was adopted for the study. Two hundred patients diagnosed with psoriasis completed a 25-item questionnaire concerning the knowledge regarding different aspects of their disease condition. The study was carried out at a tertiary care referral hospital, Puducherry, India. Knowledge was assessed by Psoriasis Knowledge Assessment Questionnaire (PSAQ) which was prepared for the study. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews.
The results of the study showed that 104(52%) subjects had inadequate knowledge related to their disease, 82(41%) subjects had moderately adequate level of knowledge whereas only 14(7%) subjects had adequate knowledge regarding their disease. There was a significant association between the knowledge score with the income of the subjects.
Psoriasis, knowledge, Psoriasis Knowledge Assessment Questionnaire (PSAQ)
