Table 5.

Distribution of participants assisted in the clinic according to time of psoriasis diagnosis, time of treatment at the clinic, number of hospitalizations and diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis. Salvador (BA), 2010

Variable	Participants
	N	%
Time of diagnosis
3 months 10 years	32	53.33
11 years 20 years	19	31.66
21 years 30 years	7	11.67
31 years 40 years	1	1.67
41 years 50 years	1	1.67
Time of treatment at the clinic
1 month 2 years	23	38.33
3 years 5 years	10	16.66
6 years 8 years	5	8.33
> 9 years	14	23.33
First appointment	5	8.33
Not informed	3	5
Hospitalizations due to worsening of psoriasis
1 hospitalization		5
8.33
2 hospitalizations	2	3.33
3 hospitalizations	1	1.67
No hospitalization	52	86.67
Psoriatic arthritis
Primary	7	11.67
Secondary	4	6.67
Absence	49	81.66
Total	60	100

Source: Data collection