COVID-19 in Context
The COVID-19 pandemic is now regarded as a global health crisis, but despite an ongoing international research effort, our understanding of the disease remains limited.
This includes a lack of data regarding how the virus affects patients treated for immune-mediated inflammatory diseases like psoriasis (Schett et al., 2020).
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Around the world, medical professionals have been forced to adopt new approaches to patient care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amid the crisis, telemedicine has emerged as an effective means of providing certain patients with continued access to healthcare services while minimising risk of viral transmission (Smith et al., 2020).
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The psychological impact of COVID-19 on patients with psoriasis
For many people around the world, enforced social isolation, increased health anxiety, media misinformation, and fears regarding the potential socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to a considerable decline in psychological wellbeing (Rajkumar, 2020).
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Also available in German
The Psoriasis Learning Zone is also translated and available in German.
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