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- COVID-19 toes are a significant skin manifestation of COVID-19 in children, and their diagnosis can lead to social stigma for families.
- A study compared the family impact of COVID-19 toes with psoriasis in 46 pediatric patients, with results gathered through the Dermatitis Family Impact questionnaire.
- The findings showed no significant difference in family impact between the two conditions, suggesting that COVID-19 toes can affect family dynamics similarly to psoriasis, despite being a temporary condition.
Article Abstract
Objective: COVID-19 toes represent the main dermatological COVID-19 cutaneous manifestation in pediatric patients. Its diagnosis exposes the whole family to social stigma and this aspect was not previously evaluated.
Patients And Methods: This was a multicenter, case-control, observational study that compared the family impact of COVID-19 toes vs. psoriasis (PsO). We enrolled 46 pediatric patients (23 with psoriasis and 23 with COVID-19 toes, age and gender matched) and their parents/caregivers that had to fill the Dermatitis Family Impact (DFI) questionnaire.
Results: DFI index did not differ significantly between both subgroups (p=0.48), and in psoriatic patients did not correlate with both Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI) (p=0.59) and itch-VAS (p=0.16).
Conclusions: COVID-19 toes, a transitory dermatosis, exerted a similar impact/perturbation on family dynamics than PsO, a well-known stigmatizing, chronic inflammatory dermatosis.
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