Low prevalence of patients diagnosed with psoriasis in Nuuk:a call for increased awareness of chronic skin disease in Greenland
The objective of this study was to estimate the age- and gender-specific prevalence of psoriasis in Nuuk. Furthermore, we aimed to explore the common risk factors and comorbidities for patients with psoriasis compared to an age- and gender-matched control group. The study was designed as a cross- se...
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ftalborgunivpubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/952b5994-1bf1-44d2-b1e2-601a38a69706 2024-06-23T07:52:10+00:00 Low prevalence of patients diagnosed with psoriasis in Nuuk:a call for increased awareness of chronic skin disease in Greenland Botvid, Sofia H. C. Storgaard Hove, Lone Backe, Marie Balslev Skovgaard, Nils Pedersen, Michael Lynge Sauer Mikkelsen, Carsten 2022 application/pdf https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/952b5994-1bf1-44d2-b1e2-601a38a69706 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2068111 https://vbn.aau.dk/ws/files/468785360/Botvid_et_al._2022_._Low_prevalence_of_patients_diagnosed_with_psoriasis_in_Nuuk_a_call_for_increased_awareness_of_chronic_skin_disease_in_Greenland.pdf eng eng https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/952b5994-1bf1-44d2-b1e2-601a38a69706 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Botvid , S H C , Storgaard Hove , L , Backe , M B , Skovgaard , N , Pedersen , M L & Sauer Mikkelsen , C 2022 , ' Low prevalence of patients diagnosed with psoriasis in Nuuk : a call for increased awareness of chronic skin disease in Greenland ' , International Journal of Circumpolar Health , vol. 81 , no. 1 , 2068111 . https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2068111 Greenland Psoriasis chronic disease primary care skin Prevalence Humans Male Case-Control Studies Young Adult Psoriasis/epidemiology Adult Female Greenland/epidemiology article 2022 ftalborgunivpubl https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2068111 2024-06-10T15:12:19Z The objective of this study was to estimate the age- and gender-specific prevalence of psoriasis in Nuuk. Furthermore, we aimed to explore the common risk factors and comorbidities for patients with psoriasis compared to an age- and gender-matched control group. The study was designed as a cross- sectional case-control study based on national high-quality data from medical and population registers in Nuuk. A total of 175 patients (0.9%) were diagnosed with psoriasis in Nuuk by January 1 January 2022, of which 79 were females and 96 were males. The prevalence of patients diagnosed with psoriasis in the adult population aged 20 years old or more in Nuuk was 1.1%. No overall gender-specific difference in prevalence was observed. Chronic diseases including diabetes, hypertension, and obstructive lung disease were observed more frequently among patients with diagnosed psoriasis (28.6%) in Nuuk compared to controls (20.9%) (p < 0.05). We found a low prevalence of patients with psoriasis in Nuuk. We speculate that the prevalence found in this study is underestimated and thus, call for increased awareness of chronic skin disease in Nuuk, Greenland. Chronic co-morbidity to psoriasis was common. Article in Journal/Newspaper Circumpolar Health Greenland International Journal of Circumpolar Health Nuuk Aalborg University's Research Portal Greenland Nuuk ENVELOPE(-52.150,-52.150,68.717,68.717) International Journal of Circumpolar Health 81 1 |
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Greenland Psoriasis chronic disease primary care skin Prevalence Humans Male Case-Control Studies Young Adult Psoriasis/epidemiology Adult Female Greenland/epidemiology Botvid, Sofia H. C. Storgaard Hove, Lone Backe, Marie Balslev Skovgaard, Nils Pedersen, Michael Lynge Sauer Mikkelsen, Carsten Low prevalence of patients diagnosed with psoriasis in Nuuk:a call for increased awareness of chronic skin disease in Greenland |
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The objective of this study was to estimate the age- and gender-specific prevalence of psoriasis in Nuuk. Furthermore, we aimed to explore the common risk factors and comorbidities for patients with psoriasis compared to an age- and gender-matched control group. The study was designed as a cross- sectional case-control study based on national high-quality data from medical and population registers in Nuuk. A total of 175 patients (0.9%) were diagnosed with psoriasis in Nuuk by January 1 January 2022, of which 79 were females and 96 were males. The prevalence of patients diagnosed with psoriasis in the adult population aged 20 years old or more in Nuuk was 1.1%. No overall gender-specific difference in prevalence was observed. Chronic diseases including diabetes, hypertension, and obstructive lung disease were observed more frequently among patients with diagnosed psoriasis (28.6%) in Nuuk compared to controls (20.9%) (p < 0.05). We found a low prevalence of patients with psoriasis in Nuuk. We speculate that the prevalence found in this study is underestimated and thus, call for increased awareness of chronic skin disease in Nuuk, Greenland. Chronic co-morbidity to psoriasis was common. |
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Botvid, Sofia H. C. Storgaard Hove, Lone Backe, Marie Balslev Skovgaard, Nils Pedersen, Michael Lynge Sauer Mikkelsen, Carsten |
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Botvid, Sofia H. C. Storgaard Hove, Lone Backe, Marie Balslev Skovgaard, Nils Pedersen, Michael Lynge Sauer Mikkelsen, Carsten |
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Low prevalence of patients diagnosed with psoriasis in Nuuk:a call for increased awareness of chronic skin disease in Greenland |
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Low prevalence of patients diagnosed with psoriasis in Nuuk:a call for increased awareness of chronic skin disease in Greenland |
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Low prevalence of patients diagnosed with psoriasis in Nuuk:a call for increased awareness of chronic skin disease in Greenland |
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Low prevalence of patients diagnosed with psoriasis in Nuuk:a call for increased awareness of chronic skin disease in Greenland |
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Low prevalence of patients diagnosed with psoriasis in Nuuk:a call for increased awareness of chronic skin disease in Greenland |
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low prevalence of patients diagnosed with psoriasis in nuuk:a call for increased awareness of chronic skin disease in greenland |
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Botvid , S H C , Storgaard Hove , L , Backe , M B , Skovgaard , N , Pedersen , M L & Sauer Mikkelsen , C 2022 , ' Low prevalence of patients diagnosed with psoriasis in Nuuk : a call for increased awareness of chronic skin disease in Greenland ' , International Journal of Circumpolar Health , vol. 81 , no. 1 , 2068111 . https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2068111 |
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