Work Impairment in Hidradenitis Suppurativa Compared to Psoriasis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Aikaterini Tsentemeidou; Efstratios Vakirlis; Dimitra Kiritsi; Aimilios Lallas; Michael Arabatzis; Elena Sotiriou

doi:10.5826/dpc.1404a276

Work Impairment in Hidradenitis Suppurativa Compared to Psoriasis: A Cross-Sectional Study

Authors

Aikaterini Tsentemeidou First Department of Dermatology and Venereology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8470-0682
Efstratios Vakirlis First Department of Dermatology and Venereology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8814-3561
Dimitra Kiritsi Department of Dermatology, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2331-8981
Aimilios Lallas First Department of Dermatology and Venereology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7193-0964
Michael Arabatzis First Department of Dermatology and Venereology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Elena Sotiriou First Department of Dermatology and Venereology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6235-4718

Keywords:

Hidradenitis suppurativa, psoriasis, work impairment, absenteeism, presenteeism

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