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ArticleDermatology (Basel, Switzerland)2024

The Agreement between Consumer-Driven Self-Assessment of Psoriasis Severity and Physician-Assessed Severity Based on Patient-Taken Photographs Is Weak: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Zarqa Ali, Ali Al-Mousawi, Benóný Þór Björnsson, Alexander Egeberg, Christian Riemer, Simon Francis Thomsen

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Zarqa AliDepartment of Dermatology and Wound Healing Centre, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ali Al-MousawiDepartment of Dermatology and Wound Healing Centre, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Benóný Þór BjörnssonNØIE, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Alexander EgebergDepartment of Dermatology and Wound Healing Centre, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Christian RiemerNØIE, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Simon Francis ThomsenDepartment of Dermatology and Wound Healing Centre, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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introductionDigital advancements have given access to huge amounts of real-world data (RWD) widely used for dermatological research.

objectivesThe objective of this study was to investigate the agreement between consumer-driven self-assessed psoriasis severity and physician-assessed severity based on photographs.

methodsCustomer IDs in the NØIE database (Danish skincare company) from 2009 to 2022 with a smartphone photograph of psoriasis vulgaris on the body and a corresponding completed questionnaire were included. Smartphone photographs were evaluated by a physician-assessing erythema, induration, and scaling on a scale from 0 to 4 based on Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI). Self-assessment was done on a scale from 0 to 10 and converted to 0-4 scale (0 converted to 0; 1-3 to 1; 4-6 to 2; 7-8 to 3; and 9-10 to 4). Intraclass correlation coefficients with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated.

resultsIn total, 187 patients (63% women) with mean age of 38 years were included. Self-assessment scores were higher than physicians' assessment scores for all groups, and scaling was closest to the physicians' assessment, while erythema and induration had a greater distance between the physicians' and patients' assessment. The correlation between self-assessed and physician-assessed psoriasis severity for all patients was 0.23 (95% CI: 0.0-0.92); 0.34 (95% CI: 0.0-0.95) for chronic patients; and 0.09 (-0.01 to 0.82) for non-chronic patients. The agreement was better for men (0.53 [-0.02 to 0.98]) than for women (0.12 [-0.01 to 0.84]).

conclusionThere was weak agreement between self-assessed psoriasis severity and photographically assessed severity by the physician. Consumer-driven RWD should be interpreted with caution.

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PhotographyPsoriasisSeverity of Illness IndexAdultCross-Sectional StudiesDiagnostic Self EvaluationFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSelf-AssessmentSmartphoneSurveys and QuestionnairesPhotographPsoriasisSelf-assessmentTele-dermatology

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