Naslov
Clinical evaluation of a more rapid and sensitive Psoriasis Assessment Severity Score (PASS), and its comparison with the classic method of Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI), before and after climatotherapy at the Dead-Sea

Autori
Harari, Marco ; Shani, Jashovam ; Hristakieva, Eugenia ; Stanimirović, Andrija ; Seidl, Wladimir ; Burdo, Asia

Izvornik
International journal of dermatology (0011-9059) 39 (2000), 12; 913-918

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) ; Psoriasis Assessment Severity Score (PASS) ; climatotherapy ; Dead-Sea

Sažetak
BACKGROUND: The Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) is used to quantify the extent of the disease, and to evaluate its improvement with treatment. It is considered to be a slow, rough, nonsensitive, and complex tool, with high interobserver variability and low reproducibility. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS: To develop a simpler, more sensitive, and more rapid end-point determination for evaluating the psoriatic condition, and to compare its sensitivity with that of the classic PASI score in psoriatic patients undergoing 4-week climatotherapy at the Dead-Sea (Israel). RESULTS: This study describes a new, rapid, and simple Psoriasis Assessment Severity Score (PASS), whose readings are spread over a longer scale, making the test more sensitive than PASI, and allow better differentiation. CONCLUSIONS: The comparison between the classic PASI and our new PASS emphasizes the weight of the "sensitivity to change" (responsivity) in selecting a better evaluation method for psoriatic patients.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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