Home UVB Phototherapy for Psoriasis: Effectiveness, Quality of Life and Cost-Effectiveness

UVB phototherapy is a commonly used treatment for patients with psoriasis. Generally it is performed in the outpatient department of the hospital. The UVB irradiation itself will normally take only a few minutes, but to receive the irradiation patients have to travel to the outpatient department during working hours 2 or 3 times a week. In general it is a relatively time-consuming treatment. Objective of this study is to assess whether UVB treatment administered in the home is as equally effective as the standard outpatient UVB phototherapy. Quality of life and cost-effectiveness are also studied.