LB1070 A comparative analysis between global burden of disease and patientslikeme.com dermatologic data

The purpose of this study is to appraise Global Burden of Disease (GBD) and PatientsLikeMe.com (PLM) databases for the evaluation of dermatologic disease. Utilizing the GBD results tool [http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool], incidence and prevalence data was extracted. In PLM, total number of subscribers for each disease and male/female distribution were assessed. Diseases analyzed were of the top fourteen diseases with the highest disability-adjusted life-year. As of September 2018, there were 658,183 total members on PLM and 7.1x109 total diagnoses reported by the GBD.
Source: Journal of Investigative Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Tags: Epidemiology Source Type: research