Abordagem aos impactos da psoríase na qualidade de vida de pacientes em tratamento: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

Psoriasis is a chronic, autoimmune, and non-contagious disease, which mainly affects young people, with no difference regarding the distribution between the sexes, despite having a genetic basis, and may be located in the skin or joints. The diagnosis is clinical, and the treatment depends on the forms of presentation of the disease, each of which has a form of therapy, with variable responses. This pathology has a relapsing course and its triggering factors are stress and some drugs, for example. In view of this, the manifestation of specific injuries can negatively impact the life of an affected individual, due to stigmatization and disgust, impairing their social relationships, routines, and self-esteem. The project aims to evaluate the impact caused by psoriasis on the quality of life of individuals undergoing treatment, through a systematic literature review using the PRISMA analysis method and searches in the PubMed and Scielo databases using the descriptors “psoriasis”, “psoriasis and treatment”, and “psoriasis and quality of life”, and, finally, the common themes in the articles found were identified and compared with each other. The initial research pointed to 30 articles, of which 23 were selected for complete reading and analysis, which made up this study. Education programs and online help techniques, in addition to systemic medications, have been shown to be able to reduce PASI and DLQI indices, significantly improving the quality of life of patients affected by psoriasis.