Plain Language Summary
Introduction
Methods
Study Objectives and Design
Literature Review
Input from Clinicians
Draft Symptom NRS Items
Itch Numeric Rating Scale | ||||||||||
1. Please rate your itching severity due to your [genital] psoriasis by circling the number that best describes your worst level of itching in the past 24 h | ||||||||||
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
No itch | Worst itch imaginable |
Pain Numeric Rating Scale | ||||||||||
2. Please rate your pain severity due to your [genital] psoriasis by circling the number that best describes your worst level of pain in the past 24 h | ||||||||||
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
No pain | Worst pain imaginable |
Discomfort Numeric Rating Scale | ||||||||||
3. Please rate your discomfort severity due to your [genital] psoriasis by circling the number that best describes your worst level of discomfort in the past 24 h | ||||||||||
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
No discomfort | Worst discomfort imaginable |
Stinging/Burning Numeric Rating Scale | ||||||||||
4. Please rate your stinging/burning severity due to your [genital] psoriasis by circling the number that best describes your worst level of stinging or burning in the past 24 h | ||||||||||
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
No stinging/ burning | Worst stinging/ burning imaginable |
Qualitative Interviews
Item Refinement
Data Analysis
Results
Literature Search, Expert Input, and Gap Analysis
Participant Interviews and Development of Final PRO
Characteristics | Number of patients responding |
n (%) or mean (SD) |
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Age, years [mean (SD)] | 20 | 45 (14.2) |
Sex, n (%) | 20 | |
Female | – | 11 (55) |
Race, n (%) | 20 | |
White | – | 18 (90) |
Black or African American | – | 1 (5) |
Multiple races | – | 1 (5) |
BSA score, mean (SD) | 15 | 10.4 (12.7) |
Duration of genital psoriasis, years [mean (SD)] | 20 | 7.5 (9.7) |
Duration of psoriasis, years [mean (SD)] | 19 | 18 (14) |
Sexual activity status, n (%) | 20 | – |
Not active | – | 9 (45) |
Active | – | 9 (45) |
Not askeda
| – | 2 (10) |
Self-reported severity of overall psoriasis symptoms (worst over past 3 months), n (%) | 20 | – |
0 (clear) | – | 0 |
1 | – | 1 (5) |
2 | – | 1 (5) |
3 | – | 5 (25) |
4 | – | 5 (25) |
5 (severe) | – | 8 (40) |
Self-reported severity of genital psoriasis symptoms (worst over past 3 months), n (%)b
| 20 | – |
0 (clear) | – | 0 |
1 | – | 0 |
2 | – | 1 (5) |
3 | – | 5 (25) |
4 | – | 8 (40) |
5 (severe) | – | 6 (30) |
Self-reported general health within past week, n (%) | 20 | – |
Excellent | – | 2 (10) |
Very good | – | 4 (20) |
Good | – | 11 (55) |
Fair | – | 3 (15) |
Poor | – | 0 |
Currently receiving treatment for overall psoriasis, n (%) | 20 | 14 (70) |
Concept elicitation: symptom experience |
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What symptoms do you experience with your genital psoriasis? |
How would you describe [symptom]? |
How frequently do you experience [symptom]? |
How severe is the [symptom]?; How long does your [symptom] typically last? |
Concept elicitation: bother assessment
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Thinking specifically about your genital psoriasis, which of the symptoms that we have discussed are most bothersome or affect you the most? Why? |
Cognitive debriefing
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What do you think about the scale? When responding to the question, what did you consider when selecting your answer? |
What do you think about the instructions? Are there words in the instructions that need to be clearer? |
Please look at the response options 0 [no (symptom)] to 10 [worst (symptom) imaginable]. Are you able to rate your [symptom] using these response options? |
What do you think about the recall period of the questions—the past 24 h? What do you think about that amount of time? |
Item Refinement and Development of GPSS
Rating of severity based on your psoriasis symptoms in the genital areaa within the past 24 h | Response options |
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Itchingb
| No itch (0)–worst itch imaginable (10) |
Painb
| No pain (0)–worst pain imaginable (10) |
Discomfortb
| No discomfort (0)–worst discomfort imaginable (10) |
Stingingb
| No stinging (0)–worst stinging imaginable (10) |
Burningb
| No burning (0)–worst burning imaginable (10) |
Rednessb
| No redness (0)–worst redness imaginable (10) |
Scalingb
| No scaling (0)–worst scaling imaginable (10) |
Crackingb
| No cracking (0)–worst cracking imaginable (10) |