Factors Associated with Self-Care Behaviors of Psoriatic Patients the in Southern Regional Hospital of Tropical Dermatology-Trang Province
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BACKGROUND: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease caused by a variety of genetic abnormalities. In the Southern Regional Hospital of Tropical Dermatology in Trang province, Thailand, psoriasis was ranked 1 in 5 every year based on patient data. In the 2018-2020 fiscal years, 3,763, 3,566, and 2,894 cases of psoriasis were reported in the hospital, respectively, and researchers found that the severity of the disease increased by 42% as a result of self-care practices that failed to control the condition.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate factors impacting psoriasis patients’ attitudes toward their health and their self-care practices at the Southern Regional Hospital of Tropical Dermatology in the province of Trang, Thailand.
METHODS: This research used a survey, and a descriptive study was conducted over the course of the 2022 fiscal year. The survey was given to a group of psoriasis patients enrolled in the psoriasis clinic for the condition. Using descriptive statistical techniques, 286 patients were surveyed at the Southern Regional Hospital of Tropical Dermatology in the province of Trang, Thailand.
RESULTS: The questionnaire's confidence level was determined to be 0.77. The software examined the data via percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The findings revealed a statistically significant positive correlation coefficient (r=0.38, p<0.001) between self-care behavior and the personal variables of psoriasis patients due to a personal factor in terms of income. The individual factor’s negative correlation was statistically significant. Complications showed a weak negative correlation (r=-0.35, p<0.001), as did psoriasis duration (r=-0.27, p<0.001) along with individual variables. The statistic was the educational component (r=-0.13, p<0.05), and the correlation between psoriasis patients' self-care behavior and perception was statistically significant (r=0.72, p<0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: A statistically significant link existed between patients' self-care practices and perceptions of their condition (r=0.72, p<0.001). This study showed that psoriasis sufferers can work to develop better self-care practices.
Thaiclinicaltrials.org number, TCTR20221112005
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