Patient Preference and Adherence (Jan 2021)

Visit Adherence of Mild to Moderate Psoriasis Patients: A Mobile-Based Randomized Study

  • Zhao Y,
  • Wang G,
  • Ni W,
  • Song Z,
  • Chen K,
  • Zhang C,
  • Zhang S,
  • Ding Y,
  • Zheng M,
  • Shi Y,
  • Lin Z,
  • Liu X,
  • Zhang X,
  • Zhou Q,
  • Ahmed KD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 14
pp. 2551 – 2557

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Yi Zhao,1 Gang Wang,2 Wenqiong Ni,3 Zhiqiang Song,4 Kun Chen,5 Chunlei Zhang,6 Shoumin Zhang,7 Yangfeng Ding,8 Min Zheng,9 Yulin Shi,10 Zhimiao Lin,11 Xiaomin Liu,12 Xiaofei Zhang,13 Qintian Zhou,14 Kazi Deluwar Ahmed14 1Department of Dermatology, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Dermatology, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Dermatology, Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; 5Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Dermatology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 7Department of Dermatology, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou 450003, People’s Republic of China; 8Department of Dermatology, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 9Department of Dermatology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 10Department of Dermatology, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine; Institute of Psoriasis, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 11Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 12Department of Dermatology, The University of Hong Kong–Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China; 13Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 14Scientific Affairs and MSL Department, LEOPharma China, Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yi ZhaoDepartment of Dermatology, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, No. 168 Litang Road, Beijing 102218, People’s Republic of ChinaEmail [email protected] WangDepartment of Dermatology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, People’s Republic of ChinaEmail [email protected]: We aimed to prospectively evaluate the visit adherence in mild to moderate psoriasis patients.Methods: Plaque psoriasis patients aged 18 or above who were prescribed with a two-component formula ointment were eligible for the study. The patients were randomly assigned to group A or B, and received management with or without planned patient-doctor communication via a mobile platform. The outpatient visit was scheduled at week 2, 8, 16, 28, 48, and 52. Visit adherence was evaluated as the visit rate of the patients.Results: Two hundred twenty-one patients were included. Generally, the visit adherence dropped over time during follow-up. The visit rates in group A were 5.2– 15.7% through the 52 weeks, and similar rates were found in group B (7.5– 17.0%, vs group A, P > 0.05). A negative binomial regression model showed that older age and higher BSA were correlated with more frequent visits.Conclusion: The visit adherence of mild to moderate psoriasis patients was very low in China. Proactive inquiries of the doctors via the mobile platform failed to improve the visit adherence of the patients.Keywords: psoriasis, visit adherence, topical treatment

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