Limited evidence of the effects of patient education and self-management interventions in psoriasis patients: a systematic review.

Objective: To describe the contents of educational and self-management programmes for patients with psoriasis, and to evaluate their effects.

Methods: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs), quasi-randomized trials and controlled clinical trials identified by a systematic literature search. Risk of bias was assessed by two independent reviewers and interventional effects were summarized descriptively and by meta-analysis.