Open AccessUnmet Needs in the Management of Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis in Spain: A Multidimensional Evaluation
Author(s) -
Néboa Zozaya,
Renata Villoro,
Fernando Abdalla,
Santiago Alfonso Zamora,
Jesús Balea Filgueiras,
J.M. Carrascosa Carrillo,
Olga Delgado Sánchez,
Francisco Dolz Sinisterra,
Antonio García-Ruiz,
Pedro Herranz Pinto,
Antonio Manfredi,
José Martínez Olmos,
Paloma Morales de los Ríos Luna,
Lluís Puig Sanz,
Sandra Ros,
Álvaro Hildago
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
acta dermato-venereologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.982
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1651-2057
pISSN - 0001-5555
DOI - 10.2340/actadv.v102.583
Subject(s) - multidisciplinary approach , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , psoriasis , stakeholder , perspective (graphical) , needs assessment , social needs , family medicine , nursing , dermatology , management , health care , social science , artificial intelligence , sociology , computer science , economics , economic growth
Psoriasis is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disease that affects the skin, with a high impact on patients’ quality of life. The aim of this study was to identify and determine the relative importance of unmet needs in the management of moderate-to-severe psoriasis in Spain, from a multi-stakeholder perspective. A mixed method-approach was used to collect information, design a questionnaire and a discrete-choice exercise, and elicit the unmet needs through a multidisciplinary committee composed of 12 experts. A total of 65 unmet needs were identified and categorized into 4 areas: clinical, patient-related, decision-making process, and social. Decision-making process unmet needs were perceived as the most pressing ones, followed by social, clinical and patient-related. Individually, the need to incorporate outcomes that are important to the patients and to have treatments that achieve total clearance with a rapid onset of action and long-term persistence were the most important unmet needs.