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A. Galluccio

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Improving the disease awareness: how a communication campaign brings hidradenitis suppurativa to the light

2019

Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa is an inflammatory skin disease that presents a recurrence of painful and suppurating lesions in the apocrine gland-bearing regions, with a strong impact on the patients’ life quality. Despite its peculiar presentation, early forms are often underestimated by patients and this would inevitably result in late diagnosis and delayed therapy. Objectives: Improved communication around the disease could facilitate self-diagnosis and a quicker response from healthcare practitioners, especially in this moment when we dispose of effective treatment against this disease. Methods: A HS awareness campaign was conducted for 2 years with the help of a media agency and…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyHealth Knowledge Attitudes PracticeAdolescentdisease awarenessMEDLINEDermatologyDisease.030207 dermatology & venereal diseases03 medical and health sciencesDiagnostic Self EvaluationYoung Adult0302 clinical medicineHealth caremedicineEffective treatmentHumansHidradenitis suppurativa030212 general & internal medicineMass MediaYoung adultIntensive care medicineChildAdolescent; Adult; Aged; Child; Cysts; Diagnostic Self Evaluation; Female; Health Education; Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice; Hidradenitis Suppurativa; Humans; Male; Mass Media; Middle Aged; Social Media; Young Adult; CommunicationHealth EducationAgedPracticebusiness.industryCystsInflammatory skin diseaseHealth KnowledgeCommunicationhidradenitis suppurativadisease awareness communication hidradenitis suppurativaMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseHidradenitis SuppurativaInfectious DiseasesCystAttitudesHealth educationFemalebusinessSettore MED/35 - MALATTIE CUTANEE E VENEREESocial MediaHuman
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Pruritus characteristics in a large Italian cohort of psoriatic patients

2019

Background: Psoriasis (Ps) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease associated with pruritus in 64–98% of patients. However, few modestly sized studies assess factors associated with psoriatic pruritus. Objective: To investigate factors associated with Ps pruritus intensity. Methods: Psoriasis patients 18 years or older seen in one of 155 centres in Italy between September 2005 and 2009 were identified from the Italian PsoCare registry. Patients without cutaneous psoriasis and those with missed information on pruritus were excluded. Results: We identified 10 802 patients, with a mean age 48.8 ± 14.3 years. Mild itch was present in 33.2% of patients, moderate in 34.4%, severe in 18.7% and ve…

MaleCross-sectional studySeverity of Illness IndexCohort Studies030207 dermatology & venereal diseases0302 clinical medicineRisk Factorseducation; itch; pruritus; psoriasis; pustular psoriasis; treatment; Adolescent; Adult; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Educational Status; Facial Dermatoses; Female; Foot Dermatoses; Genitalia; Hand Dermatoses; Humans; Italy; Male; Middle Aged; Pruritus; Psoriasis; Registries; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Sex Factors; Young AdultEpidemiologyitchRegistriesYoung adultskin and connective tissue diseaseseducationtreatmentMiddle AgedSettore MED/33 - MALATTIE APPARATO LOCOMOTOREInfectious Diseasespustular psoriasisItaly030220 oncology & carcinogenesisCohortEducational StatusPRURITIS EPIDEMIOLOGYFemaleSettore MED/35 - MALATTIE CUTANEE E VENEREECohort studyAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentPSORIASDermatologyHand DermatosesArticle03 medical and health sciencesYoung AdultPharmacotherapySex FactorsSettore MED/35PsoriasisSeverity of illnessmedicineHumansPsoriasisGenitaliaFoot Dermatosesbusiness.industryPruritusmedicine.diseaseDermatologyPruritusItch sensationCross-Sectional StudiesbusinessFacial Dermatoses
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Efficacy of switching between tumor necrosis factor-alfa inhibitors in psoriasis: results from the Italian Psocare registry

2014

Background: Some studies have shown that switching patients from one tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alfa inhibitor to another may be beneficial when they have an inadequate response or an adverse event. Objective: We sought to assess the variables predicting the efficacy of the second TNF-alfa inhibitor in patients discontinuing the first TNF-alfa inhibitor. Methods: Data from all 5423 consecutive patients starting TNF-alfa inhibitor therapy for psoriasis between September 2005 and September 2010 who were included in the Italian Psocare registry were analyzed. Results: In 105 patients who switched to a second TNF-alfa inhibitor who had complete follow-up data, 75% improvement in the Psoriasis …

Maleprimary inefficacy75% improvement in the Psoriasis Area Severity Index score; PASI; PASI 75; Psoriasis Area Severity Index; TNF; biologics; efficacy; primary inefficacy; psoriasis; secondary loss of efficacy; switching; tumor necrosis factor; tumor necrosis factor-alfa inhibitors; Adult; Analysis of Variance; Antibodies Monoclonal; Antibodies Monoclonal Humanized; Cohort Studies; Confidence Intervals; Dose-Response Relationship Drug; Drug Administration Schedule; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Immunoglobulin G; Italy; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Predictive Value of Tests; Proportional Hazards Models; Psoriasis; Receptors Tumor Necrosis Factor; Registries; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Severity of Illness Index; Treatment Outcome; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; Young AdultSWITHCESefficacyTNFpsoriasis; psoriasis arthritis; pharmachological treatmentPASI 75Severity of Illness IndexReceptors Tumor Necrosis FactorEtanerceptCohort StudiesMonoclonalReceptorsSettore MED/35 - Malattie Cutanee E VenereeRegistriesHumanizedtumor necrosis factor-alfa inhibitors.switchingHazard ratioAntibodies MonoclonalMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeItalyPredictive value of tests75% improvement in the Psoriasis Area Severity Index scoreFemaleDrugPsoriasis Area Severity IndexbiologicTNF-alphaAdultmedicine.medical_specialtytumor necrosis factorDermatology75% improvement in the Psoriasis Area Severity Index score; PASI; PASI 75; Psoriasis Area Severity Index; TNF; biologics; efficacy; primary inefficacy; psoriasis; secondary loss of efficacy; switching; tumor necrosis factor; tumor necrosis factor-alfa inhibitorsAntibodies Monoclonal Humanizedsecondary loss of efficacyRisk AssessmentAntibodiestumor necrosis factor-alfa inhibitorsDrug Administration ScheduleDose-Response RelationshipYoung AdultSettore MED/35Predictive Value of TestsInternal medicinePsoriasisSeverity of illnessmedicineConfidence IntervalsHumansPsoriasisbiologicsAdverse effectPsoriasis; TNF-alphaProportional Hazards ModelsRetrospective Studiespsoriasibiologics; efficacy; primary inefficacy; psoriasis; secondary loss of efficacy; switching; tumor necrosis factor-alfa inhibitors; Adalimumab; Adult; Analysis of Variance; Antibodies Monoclonal; Antibodies Monoclonal Humanized; Cohort Studies; Confidence Intervals; Dose-Response Relationship Drug; Drug Administration Schedule; Etanercept; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Immunoglobulin G; Infliximab; Italy; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Predictive Value of Tests; Proportional Hazards Models; Psoriasis; Receptors Tumor Necrosis Factor; Registries; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Severity of Illness Index; Treatment Outcome; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; Young Adult; 2708Analysis of Variancepharmachological treatmentDose-Response Relationship DrugProportional hazards modelbusiness.industrytumor necrosis factor-alfa inhibitorTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaPASIAdalimumabRetrospective cohort studypsoriasis arthritismedicine.diseaseConfidence intervalInfliximabSurgeryImmunoglobulin GMultivariate AnalysisANTI-TNFAbusiness2708Follow-Up Studies
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