A study looking at the agreement between patients' own assessment of the severity of their skin disease and that of an objective clinical assessment found only a modest link between the two.
It showed that a patient's own view of severity was a better predictor of psychological morbidity than the objective measure.
Researchers from the University of Newcastle had collected patient reported self-assessment and clinician-led objective assessments of 108 patients with acne, psoriasis or atopic eczema.
They concluded that clinicans should consider the physcological impact of skin diseases not just in those with objectively more skin disease but in those across many different levels of severity.
It showed that a patient's own view of severity was a better predictor of psychological morbidity than the objective measure.
Researchers from the University of Newcastle had collected patient reported self-assessment and clinician-led objective assessments of 108 patients with acne, psoriasis or atopic eczema.
They concluded that clinicans should consider the physcological impact of skin diseases not just in those with objectively more skin disease but in those across many different levels of severity.
