The results highlight the importance of incorporating family variables in psychological interventions in psoriasis' care, particularly family coping and dyadic adjustment as well as the need for psychological intervention to focus both on patients and partners.

RESUMO -Este trabalho avalia morbilidade, qualidade de vida, ajustamento de casal, coping familiar e imagem corporal em 101 doentes com psoríase e 78 parceiros. Os resultados revelaram uma relação positiva entre as variáveis dos doentes e parceiros no que diz respeito ao ajustamento, coping e morbilidade. Pior qualidade de vida e imagem corporal no doente estão associadas a mais morbilidade no parceiro. Os doentes em tratamento combinado e fototerapia apresentaram pior qualidade de vida e insatisfação com a imagem corporal. Melhor ajustamento de casal e menor ansiedade no parceiro predizem ajustamento de casal no doente. Satisfação com a imagem corporal prevê melhor qualidade de vida no doente. Os resultados enfatizam a necessidade de envolver os parceiros nos programas de intervenção. As implicações são apresentadas.Palavras-chave: psoríase, morbilidade, qualidade de vida, ajustamento conjugal, coping, imagem corporal. Individual and Family Variables in Psoriasis:A Study with Patients and Partners ABSTRACT -In this paper the relationship between morbility, quality of life, marital adjustment, family coping and body image in 101 psoriatic patients and 78 partners was investigated. The results showed a positive relationship between patients and partners variables on dyadic adjustment, coping and morbidity. Negative quality of life and body image in patients are associated to more morbidity in partners. Patients in combined treatment and phototherapy showed lower quality of life and less satisfaction with body image. Better dyadic adjustment and less anxiety in partners predict higher adjustment in patients. Satisfaction with body image predicts better quality of life in patients. The results of this study emphasize the need to involve partners in program´s interventions. Clinical implications of the results are presented.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges and work changes for formal caregivers such as personal care aides with an impact on their quality of life (QoL). This cross-sectional study aims to analyze the relationships and contribution of sociodemographic and psychological variables towards QoL including the moderating role of self-care. This study included 127 formal caregivers from Portugal who were assessed on depression, anxiety and stress (DASS-21); professional self-care (SCAP); quality of life (SF-12); COVID-19 traumatic stress (COVID-19TSC) and preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors (PCOVID-19 IBS). Professional self-care was positively associated with QoL and also moderated the relationship between distress and QoL (p < 0.001). According to results, nursing homes should provide formal caregivers, such as personal care aides, with the professional support they need in order to promote their QoL and prevent burnout.