Patients' demographic and socioeconomic characteristics influence the therapeutic decision-making process in psoriasis.
Emanuele ScalaMatteo MegnaPaolo AmerioGiuseppe ArgenzianoGraziella BabinoFederico BardazziLuca BianchiGiacomo CaldarolaAnna CampanatiSerafinella Patrizia CannavòAndrea ChiricozziAndrea ContiGiovanni DamianiPaolo DapavoClara De SimoneMaria EspositoGabriella FabbrociniMaria Concetta FargnoliFrancesca FerraraRosaria FidanzaGiulio GualdiClaudio GuarneriKatharina HanselPiergiorgio MalagoliGiovanna MalaraGiuseppe MicaliCristina MughedduMaria Letizia MusumeciGiulia OdoriciAnnamaria OffidaniLeonardo PescitelliFrancesca PrignanoAnnunziata RaimondoSimone RiberoFranco RongiolettiLuca StingeniCaterina TrifiròSalvatore ZanframundoAnna BalatoPublished in: PloS one (2020)
This study shows that sex, age, comorbidities, and socioeconomic characteristics influence the prescription of systemic treatments in psoriasis, highlighting that there are still unmet needs influencing the therapeutic decision-making process that have to be addressed.