Telemedicine approach for psoriasis management, time for application? A systematic review of published studies. Issue 6 (13th July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dahy, Abdullah; El‐Qushayri, Amr Ehab; Mahmoud, Abdalla Reda; Al‐kelany, Tareq Adel; Salman, Samar
• Is Part Of: Dermatologic therapy. Volume 33:Issue 6(2020)
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• Publication Date: 2020-07-13
• Subjects: psoriasis -- teledermatology -- quality of life; Skin -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Dermatology -- Periodicals; 616.5
• DOI: 10.1111/dth.13908
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1396-0296

Abstract

Abstract: Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin condition. It has a chronic course with multiple evolving relapses and patients require long‐term treatment and follow‐up. Teledermatology was introduced for diagnosis, treatment and follow‐up of chronic diseases. Thus, we performed a systematic review for collecting the evidence regarding the efficacy of telemedicine in psoriasis management. Out of 287 records, we included seven studies (four of which were randomized controlled trials). We found that telemedicine alone or combined with usual care had the same or higher efficacy of psoriasis management compared to usual care or control group. We recommend further studies for assessing the pros and cons of this intervention which can replace conventional strategies especially in pandemic times.