Position statement of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Task Force on Quality of Life and Patient Oriented Outcomes on quality of life issues in dermatologic patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol
; 34(8): 1666-1671, 2020 Aug.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32498128
ABSTRACT
The pandemic of COVID-19 is a global challenge for health care, and dermatologists are not standing apart from trying to meet this challenge. The European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) has collected recommendations from its Task Forces (TFs) related to COVID-19. The Journal of the EADV has established a COVID-19 Special Forum giving free access to related articles. The psychosocial effects of the pandemic, an increase in contact dermatitis and several other skin diseases because of stress, disinfectants and protective equipment use, especially in healthcare workers, the temporary limited access to dermatologic care, the dilemma whether or not to pause immunosuppressive therapy, and, finally, the occurrence of skin lesions in patients infected by COVID-19 all contribute to significant quality of life (QoL) impairment. Here, we present detailed recommendations of the EADV TF on QoL and patient-oriented outcomes on how to improve QoL in dermatologic patients during the COVID-19 pandemic for several different groups of patients and for the general population.
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Health context:
1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
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4_TD
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Quality of Life
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Skin Diseases
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Venereology
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Coronavirus Infections
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Dermatology
Type of study:
Guideline
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article