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Table 1 Eligibility criteria. Study participants were subject to the following inclusion and exclusion criteria.

From: UVB phototherapy in an outpatient setting or at home: a pragmatic randomised single-blind trial designed to settle the discussion. The PLUTO study

Inclusion criteria:

1. Guttate or plaque psoriasis, clinically eligible for narrowband UVB (TL-01) phototherapy;

2. Willing to undergo treatment according to randomisation.

Exclusion criteria:

1. No informed consent:

   • age below 18 years;

   • not willing to accept one of the two treatments offered;

2. Practical reasons:

   • not able to receive one of the two treatments offered (e.g. lack of space at home/living too far from hospital etc.);

   • analphabetism (unable to read the patient information and the questionnaires, unable to provide written answers and written informed consent);

   • lack of command of the Dutch language;

   • not in possession of a telephone.

3. Expected non-compliance:

   lack of understanding of what the study/treatment is about, and its potential consequences.

4. Medical contraindications:

   • Malignancy of the skin in the past/at present;

   • known UVB-allergy or chronic polymorphic photodermatosis;

   • use (at time of inclusion) of medication with known phototoxic or photoallergic properties;

   • use (at time of inclusion) of systemic antipsoriatic medication (cyclosporin, methotrexate, neotigason, fumaric acid);

   • history of exposure to ionising radiation.