DLQI (Dermatology Life Quality Index):
1. Over the last week, how itchy, sore, painful, or stinging has your skin been?
2. Over the last week, how embarrassed or self-conscious have you been because of your skin?
3. Over the last week, how much has your skin interfered with you going shopping or looking after
your home or garden?
4. Over the last week, how much has your skin influenced the clothes you wear?
5. Over the last week, how much has your skin affected any social or leisure activities?
6. Over the last week, how much has your skin made it difficult for you to do any sport?
7. Over the last week, has your skin prevented you from working or studying?
If "No": Over the last week, how much has your skin been a problem at work or studying?
8. Over the last week, how much has your skin created problems with your partner or any of your
close friends or relatives?
9. Over the last week, how much has your skin caused any sexual difficulties?
10. Over the last week, how much of a problem has the treatment for your skin been, e.g., by
making your home messy, or by taking up time?
The PASI (Psoriasis Area and Severity Index) does not have a traditional questionnaire format like DLQI
or PDQ-39. Instead, it is a clinical scoring system used by healthcare providers to assess the severity of
psoriasis based on the following factors:
1. Erythema (Redness)
o How red is the affected area?
2. Induration (Thickness)
o How thick or raised are the psoriasis plaques?
3. Desquamation (Scaling)
o How much scaling is present on the plaques?
For each body area, these factors are measured:
Head and Neck
Upper Limbs
Trunk
Lower Limbs
Each area is assessed for:
Severity of redness, thickness, and scaling on a scale of 0 to 4 (0 = none, 4 = very severe).
Percentage of the body area affected: 0–100%, categorized as 0, 1–9%, 10–29%, 30–49%, 50–
69%, 70–89%, and 90–100%
The PSI (Psoriasis Symptom Inventory) is a patient-reported outcome tool used to assess the severity of
psoriasis symptoms from the patient's perspective. It consists of 8 questions that ask patients to rate the
severity of their symptoms over the past week.
Here are the PSI questions:
1. Over the past week, how much itching have you experienced?
2. Over the past week, how much skin pain have you experienced?
3. Over the past week, how much redness have you experienced?
4. Over the past week, how much scaling have you experienced?
5. Over the past week, how much burning have you experienced?
6. Over the past week, how much stinging have you experienced?
7. Over the past week, how much cracking have you experienced?
8. Over the past week, how much flaking have you experienced?
Each question is typically rated on a scale from 0 (not at all) to 4 (very severe). This inventory allows
patients to provide their own assessment of how psoriasis symptoms are affecting them.
The PSS (Perceived Stress Scale) is a psychological tool used to measure the perception of stress. It
consists of 10 or 14 questions, but here are the 10 questions from the most commonly used version:
1. In the last month, how often have you been upset because of something that happened
unexpectedly?
2. In the last month, how often have you felt that you were unable to control the important things
in your life?
3. In the last month, how often have you felt nervous and "stressed"?
4. In the last month, how often have you felt confident about your ability to handle your personal
problems?
5. In the last month, how often have you felt that things were going your way?
6. In the last month, how often have you found that you could not cope with all the things that you
had to do?
7. In the last month, how often have you been able to control irritations in your life?
8. In the last month, how often have you felt that you were on top of things?
9. In the last month, how often have you been angered because of things that were outside of your
control?
10. In the last month, how often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that you could not
overcome them?
Each question is rated on a scale from 0 (never) to 4 (very often), and the scores help assess the level of
perceived stress.
