Epidemiological Investigation in Asia

Epidemiological Investigation for Psoriasis in Asian Region

At the ASP pre-meeting on December 7-8, 2018, the same survey using the same case card for 2020, based on the concept of "doing something together", which is one of the purposes of the academic conference. During the period, it was adopted to carry out an epidemiological survey of psoriasis in the Asian region.

As a general rule, the survey will be conducted at each facility of all ASP board members, as described below. Chairman, Vice Chairman, Honorary Chairman, Honorary Advisor, Special Advisor, Director, Secretary and Member.
If there is a facility other than the ASP board member that you would like to participate in the survey, apply for an addition. In this case, please contact the ASP Secretary-General first. Mabuchi Tomotaka, Japan (mabuchi@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp).
In 2020, 540 psoriasis case cards were enrolled from four Asian countries. The study recorded about 100 check factors, including treatment. In addition, there were two important points in this study. In other words, this survey was conducted not only using the same case card, but also over the same period.

The results of this survey consist of over 80 tables and figures found on the "Members / Support Members Only" site of this website.

Also, from January 1, 2021, case registration will continue, and we will continue to analyze and report the survey results as appropriate.
Therefore, all members are required to register the case card.

The details of these results will be reported at the Asian Society for Psoriasis (ASP Tokyo 2022) on November 26-27, 2022.

Survey period : January 1, 2020 to November 24, 2022
Registered facilities : 23 facilities in 5 countries (Japan, China, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Thailand)
Number of registered cases: 1,935 cases

The survey results are summarized in the sub-site "Members and Supporting Members Only", and we are preparing to submit them to an international journal for publication in English.