Topical corticosteroid phobia in parents of pediatric patients with atopic dermatitis: a multicentre survey.
Maya El HachemFrancesco GesualdoGiampaolo RicciAndrea DiociaiutiLoredana GiraldiOrsola AmetranoCorrado OccellaAnna Belloni FortinaMirella MiliotoFabio ArcangeliOriana SimonettiSimona GiancristoforoElisabetta CalamelliCarlo MazzatentaIria NeriPublished in: Italian journal of pediatrics (2017)
TCS phobia is widespread among Italian families of children with AD. Fear of TCS is associated with fear of applying too much cream, thus increasing the risk of poor compliance and treatment failure. Therapeutic education of families on the use of TCS should be implemented.