Cross Sectional Analysis of Healthcare for Psoriasis in 4 European Countries

PsoBarrierEU - Barrier Analysis of Guideline-Compliant Healthcare for Psoriasis in Europe

Analysis of barriers in psoriasis care from the patient's and the physician's perspective and generation of scientific data on the quality of health care in Denmark, Poland, Spain, and Germany

Cross-sectional, non-interventional study on healthcare for psoriasis in patients and their treating physicians. Clinical data on severity as well as subjective estimates on disease burden, quality of life etc. will be collected. Data collection is planned at multiple, representative sites in fourEuropean countries with different healthcare systems with the aim to identify system-dependent and -independent barriers in guideline-compliant psoriasis care.

Inclusion Criteria:

• clinically diagnosed psoriasis vulgaris
• age ≥ 18
• written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• lack of mental, physical or linguistic ability to participate in a questionnaire survey