Standardizing Training for Psoriasis Measures: Effectiveness of an Online Training Video on Psoriasis Area and Severity Index Assessment by Physician and Patient Raters

• Autores: April W. Armstrong, Kory Parsi
• Localización: JAMA Dermatology, ISSN 2168-6068, Vol. 149, Nº. 5, 2013, págs. 577-582
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Importance Because the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) is the most commonly used and validated disease severity measure for clinical trials, it is imperative to standardize training to ensure reliability in PASI scoring for accurate assessment of disease severity.

    Objective To evaluate whether an online PASI training video improves scoring accuracy among patients with psoriasis and physicians on first exposure to PASI.

    Design This equivalency study compared PASI assessment performed by patients and PASI-naive physicians with that of PASI-experienced physicians at baseline and after standardized video training. The study was conducted from March 15, 2011, to September 1, 2011.