Kaeko Kamei|Tomohiro Hirose|Noritoshi Yoshii|Akio Tanaka
Burden of illness, medication adherence, and unmet medical needs in Japanese patients with atopic dermatitis: A retrospective analysis of a cross?sectional questionnaire survey
Pfizer (Japan)|Pfizer (Japan)|Pfizer (Japan)|Hiroshima University
atopic dermatitis ad negatively affects patients daily lives poor medication adherence major barrier treatment success however factors causing patients poor adherence unclear study aimed identify factors associated improvement medication adherence japanese patients ad evaluate illness burden unmet medical needs ad retrospectively analyzed webbased questionnaire surveys conducted 2018 patients ad aged 15 years outpatients within past year survey quality life using euroqol 5dimension eq5d work productivity activity impairment using work productivity activity impairment questionnaire wpai compared patients matched controls visited hospital disease within past year subpopulation analysis performed explore factors affecting medication adherence unmet medical needs ad treatment identified percentage patients rated issues questionnaire important unsatisfied study identified 1739 patients ad scores eq5d wpai showed patients statistically lower quality life higher impairment work activities controls high medication adherence scores seen patients high health literacy levels well satisfied communication healthcare providers information received explanations ad current unmet medical needs ad medical treatment costs ease hospital visits explanations disease prognosis patients tended put higher priority communication physicians nurses pharmacists conclusion identified patients higher health literacy levels satisfaction communication healthcare provider potential factors improve medication adherence