Table 3 Smoking, Alcohol Intake, Employment Status, Time Off Work Because of Psoriasis, and DLQI Scores, Patient Survey Data
From: Severity and management of psoriasis within primary care
N (%) of patients (n = 905) | |
|---|---|
Smoking status, n (%) | |
Smoker | 212 (23.4) |
Non-smoker | 385 (42.5) |
Ex-smoker | 308 (34.0) |
Alcohol weekly intake (units) | |
Mean (SD) | 7.2 (12.3) |
Median | 3.0 |
Range | 0–200 |
Employment/education status, n (%) | |
No – not currently employed or in education | 445 (49.2) |
Yes – currently employed or in education | 460 (50.8) |
Receiving Disability Living Allowance | |
No | 774 (85.5) |
Yes | 120 (13.3) |
Prefer not to answer | 11 (1.2) |
Time off work in past 30 days (n, % of those in work) | |
No | 423 (92.0) |
Yes | 37 (8.0) |
< 1 day | 11 (2.4) |
1 day | 7 (1.5) |
2–3 days | 10 (2.2) |
4–5 days | 4 (0.9) |
> 5 days | 5 (1.1) |
DLQI score for no time off work (n = 423) | |
Mean (SD) | 6.4 (5.9) |
Median | 5.0 |
Range | 0–26 |
DLQI score for time off work (n = 37) | |
Mean (SD) | 11.8 (7.8) |
Median | 12.0 |
Range | 0–26 |