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Conference Paper: The psychosocial burden of psoriasis and barriers to biologic therapy in Hong Kong: patients’ perspectives
Title | The psychosocial burden of psoriasis and barriers to biologic therapy in Hong Kong: patients’ perspectives |
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Keywords | Medical sciences |
Issue Date | 2013 |
Publisher | Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hkmj.org.hk |
Citation | The 18th Medical Research Conference (MRC 2013), Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 12 January 2013. In Hong Kong Medical Journal, 2013, v. 19 suppl. 1, p. 18, abstract no. 18 How to Cite? |
Abstract | INTRODUCTION: Psoriatic skin lesions are often visible and have negative impact on patients’ quality of life (QoL). The introduction of biologic therapies has revolutionised the treatment of psoriasis. They are highly efficacious in clearing skin lesions and relieving joint symptoms. The use of biologics in psoriasis patients is associated with improved QoL and patient satisfaction. In Hong Kong, the psychosocial impacts of psoriasis on patients and their satisfaction towards various treatment modalities have not been well studied. Moreover, the ways local patients come to access the information on biologics and their concerns are unclear. METHODS: We conducted a survey of 85 psoriasis … |
Description | This journal suppl. is proceedings of the 18th MRC 2013 |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/199431 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.261 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Chow, LLW | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Yeung, CK | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, JC | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-22T01:17:02Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-22T01:17:02Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | The 18th Medical Research Conference (MRC 2013), Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 12 January 2013. In Hong Kong Medical Journal, 2013, v. 19 suppl. 1, p. 18, abstract no. 18 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1024-2708 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/199431 | - |
dc.description | This journal suppl. is proceedings of the 18th MRC 2013 | - |
dc.description.abstract | INTRODUCTION: Psoriatic skin lesions are often visible and have negative impact on patients’ quality of life (QoL). The introduction of biologic therapies has revolutionised the treatment of psoriasis. They are highly efficacious in clearing skin lesions and relieving joint symptoms. The use of biologics in psoriasis patients is associated with improved QoL and patient satisfaction. In Hong Kong, the psychosocial impacts of psoriasis on patients and their satisfaction towards various treatment modalities have not been well studied. Moreover, the ways local patients come to access the information on biologics and their concerns are unclear. METHODS: We conducted a survey of 85 psoriasis … | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hkmj.org.hk | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Hong Kong Medical Journal | en_US |
dc.rights | Hong Kong Medical Journal. Copyright © Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Medical sciences | - |
dc.title | The psychosocial burden of psoriasis and barriers to biologic therapy in Hong Kong: patients’ perspectives | en_US |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Yeung, CK: drcyeung@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, JC: chanjc@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chan, JC=rp01737 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 231242 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 19 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | suppl. 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 18 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 18 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Hong Kong | - |
dc.customcontrol.immutable | sml 140820 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1024-2708 | - |