Quality of life in patients with psoriasis vulgaris during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Special Issue: COVID-19.)

Background: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory dermatological disease that has a major impact on quality of life Skin diseases are the most common somatic causes of psychological disorders and, conversely, under the influence of a psychological disorder, there is usually a cutaneous manifestation This is the main reason for conducting this research during the COVID-19 pandemic, a time when most of the population is under constant stress The research is aimed at determining the quality of life of patients with psoriasis Materials and Methods: In this research, we employed two questionnaires One collected particulars such as the patient's age and gender The other was a DLQI (Dermatological Life Quality Index) questionnaire Due to the epidemiological situation, the questionnaire was completed by patients who came for a control examination, and most of them were contacted by phone;some completed the questionnaires online One hundred six respondents participated actively in this research