Study on the effect of climate therapy on psoriasis
Astrid K. Wahl et al.
March 2015
Climate treatment
Psoriasis / Eczema
Skin / Allergies
With this study, the researchers wanted to find out what effects climatotherapy has on the self-management of people with psoriasis. It was a prospective study of 254 adults with chronic psoriasis who participated in a 3-week climatotherapy (KT) program. The 8-scale Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ) was completed at baseline, after 3 weeks of KT and 3 months later.
All heiQ scales showed a statistically significant improvement after 3 weeks of KT. Health-oriented activity improved the most, followed by emotional stress and acquisition of skills and techniques. At the 3-month follow-up, only the Emotional Stress scale remained improved. In addition , the severity of illness improved significantly from pre-CT to 3 weeks and 3 months post-CT.
This study suggests that climatotherapy offers a number of benefits that are important for people with psoriasis, especially in the short term.
The most important information on the study at a glance
- Indications
- Psoriasis
- Institution
- Department of Health Sciences, Institute of Health and Society, the Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, NO-0317 Oslo, Norway
- Title
- Study on the effect of climate therapy on psoriasis
- Brief description
- The study shows that climatotherapy significantly improves the severity of psoriasis and the self-management of patients.
- Original title
- Positive changes in self-management and disease severity following climate therapy in people with psoriasis
- Link to the study
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25110924/
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