Treatment refusal among patients with psoriasis.

Background: Treatment refusal, which is defined as a patient actively refusing to take treatment despite physician recommendations, has never been evaluated in psoriasis.

Objective: To investigate refusal of topical treatments by patients living with psoriasis in France.

Methods: Using responses to an internet study, participants who refused topical treatment (n = 50) were compared to those who applied topical treatment (n = 205).