Treatment Satisfaction in Psoriasis: Development and Use of the PsoSat Patient Questionnaire in a Cross-Sectional Study.

Introduction: Evidence supports the potential value of matching patient preferences to treatment recommendations. The aim of the study was to design and validate a questionnaire on treatment satisfaction for clinical decision-making.

Methods: We performed a comprehensive literature search identifying measurable indicators.

Early detection of comorbidity in psoriasis: recommendations of the National Conference on Healthcare in Psoriasis.

Background: Psoriasis is associated with an increased rate of comorbidities, whose early detection has been adopted into the national healthcare goals. To date, agreed recommendations on early detection in the context of routine dermatological care are missing. The objective of this study was the interdisciplinary development of screening algorithms.

Validation of the patient benefit index for the assessment of patient-relevant benefit in the treatment of psoriasis.

Empirical evidence of the efficacy of drugs and therapeutic procedures becomes more important in industrial countries. The assessment of patient benefit from the patient's perspective is of particular relevance. The Patient Benefit Index (PBI) for skin diseases is a validated instrument to assess patient-relevant benefit in patients with skin diseases.