Table 5 Patients' knowledge about psoriasis and information need distributed in the 3 Italian areas
Item | Total responders | North | Centre | South | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | ||
Patient's opinion of doctor's explanation of the health problem | |||||||||
Positive | 1875 | 96.0 | 528 | 76.3 | 364 | 62.0 | 330 | 55.4 | < 0.0001 |
Negative | 59 | 8.5 | 97 | 16.5 | 114 | 19.1 | |||
Don't know | 105 | 15.2 | 126 | 21.5 | 152 | 25.5 | |||
Patient's view of the best information source on disease treatment | |||||||||
Dermatologist | 1870 | 95.7 | 434 | 63.2 | 333 | 56.7 | 292 | 49.0 | < 0.0001 |
General practitioner | 162 | 23.6 | 60 | 10.2 | 137 | 23.0 | |||
Patient association | 30 | 4.3 | 132 | 22.5 | 66 | 11.1 | |||
Other | 61 | 8.9 | 62 | 10.6 | 101 | 16.9 | |||
Patient's view as to whether patients require more information concerning therapy | |||||||||
Yes | 1884 | 96.4 | 607 | 88.1 | 575 | 96.5 | 482 | 80.5 | < 0.0001 |
No | 82 | 11.9 | 21 | 3.5 | 117 | 19.5 | |||
Patient's opinion of the best information source on psoriasis | |||||||||
General practitioner | 1842 | 94.3 | 148 | 23.0 | 113 | 19.0 | 121 | 20.0 | < 0.0001 |
Pharmacist | 21 | 3.3 | 6 | 1.0 | 44 | 7.3 | |||
Dermatologist | 265 | 41.2 | 207 | 34.8 | 197 | 32.6 | |||
Illustrated medication leaflet | 7 | 1.1 | 7 | 1.2 | 19 | 3.2 | |||
Health personnel | 49 | 7.6 | 42 | 7.1 | 39 | 6.5 | |||
Friends and family | 13 | 2.0 | 5 | 0.8 | 16 | 2.6 | |||
Health magazines | 30 | 4.7 | 17 | 2.9 | 33 | 5.5 | |||
Books | 6 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.2 | 6 | 1.0 | |||
Internet | 25 | 3.9 | 53 | 8.9 | 42 | 7.0 | |||
Newspapers | 7 | 1.1 | 11 | 1.8 | 11 | 1.8 | |||
Information campaigns | 42 | 6.5 | 34 | 5.7 | 20 | 3.3 | |||
Patient associations | 19 | 3.0 | 95 | 16.0 | 34 | 5.6 | |||
Other | 11 | 1.7 | 4 | 0.6 | 22 | 3.6 | |||
Knowledge of patients' rights | |||||||||
Yes | 1726 | 88.3 | 154 | 26.0 | 178 | 30.8 | 178 | 32.0 | 0.06 |
No | 438 | 74.0 | 400 | 69.2 | 378 | 68.0 | |||
Knowledge of homeopathic medication and herb-based products | |||||||||
Yes | 1855 | 94.9 | 124 | 19.1 | 123 | 20.6 | 187 | 30.7 | < 0.0001 |
No | 526 | 80.9 | 473 | 79.4 | 422 | 69.3 | |||
Knowledge of therapies such as acupuncture, the use of phototherapy | |||||||||
Yes | 1848 | 94.6 | 159 | 24.5 | 150 | 25.4 | 195 | 32.0 | 0.005 |
No | 489 | 75.5 | 441 | 74.6 | 414 | 68.0 | |||