Table 2.
Demography, Disease Diagnoses, and Health Status of Participants in Patient Focus Groupsa
| Focus Groups | ||
| Patients with Mild Psoriasis (N = 8) | Patients with Severe Psoriasis (N = 31) | |
| Female sex, n (%) | 5 (63) | 17 (55) |
| Age, mean years (range) | 36 (20 – 74) | 45 (22 – 66) |
| Race/Ethnicity, n (%) | ||
| White | 5 (63) | 24 (77) |
| Black/African American | 0 | 4 (13) |
| Hispanic | 1 (13) | 1 (3) |
| Mexican-American | 1 (13) | 0 |
| Arabic | 1 (13) | 0 |
| Spanish | 0 | 1 (3) |
| Disease Diagnosis, n (%) | ||
| Psoriasis | 8 (100) | 29 (94)b |
| Co-existing Psoriatic arthritis | 0 | 1 (3) |
| Heath Status, n (%) | ||
| Excellent | 1 (13) | 3 (10) |
| Very good | 4 (50) | 9 (29) |
| Good | 3 (38) | 13 (42) |
| Fair | 0 | 4 (13) |
| Poor | 0 | 2 (7) |
aData not available for all participants for all characteristics so columns may not add up to 100%.
bTwo patients did not fill out a page of the demographic form that included diagnosis of psoriasis. The clinicians for these patients confirmed the diagnosis of psoriasis.
N = total number of patients; n = number of patients for whom data are available