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A low level of health literacy is a predictor of corticophobia in atopic dermatitis.
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- Topical Corticosteroid Phobia in Tunisia: A Pilot Study in Atopic Dermatitis Patients and Healthcare Professionals.International journal of dermatology · 2026Article
- Corticosteroid Phobia in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis: A Narrative Review.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2026Review
- Topical Corticosteroid Phobia in Childhood Atopic Dermatitis: A Study Using the TOPICOP Score.Dermatology research and practice · 2026Article
- Moving beyond biology: the critical role of social and structural determinants in atopic dermatitis.International journal of dermatology · 2025Review
- Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the topical corticosteroid phobia (TOPICOP) scale.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Linguistic Validation and Reliability of the Croatian Version of the TOPICOP Questionnaire.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Observational
- Medication adherence in allergic diseases and asthma: a literature review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
- Corticophobia and adherence to topical corticosteroids in atopic dermatitis treatment in southern Brazil.Anais brasileiros de dermatologiaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTopical corticosteroids (TCS) are the mainstay of treatment in atopic dermatitis (AD) flares. The fears and worries concerning TCS are known as corticophobia. Corticophobia is common in patients with AD and can lead to suboptimal TCS application and treatment failure. Health literacy (HL) may influence corticophobia. TOPICOP© and HLS-EU-PT questionnaires have been developed to evaluate corticophobia and HL, respectively.
objectiveEvaluate the relationship between corticophobia and the degree of HL in patients with AD.
methodsProspective cross-sectional study with AD patients followed at a Dermatology Department, between September 2019 and February 2020. Patients, or their parents (if patients had ≤ 15 years), were invited to answer TOPICOP© questionnaire, HLS-EU-PT questionnaire, and a disease characterization and demographic questionnaire.
resultsWe included 61 patients (57.4% females, mean age 20 ± 13.8 years, mean disease duration of 12.5 ± 11.4 years). TOPICOP© mean score was 44.8 ± 20.0 (8.3 to 88.9) and HLS-EU-PT mean score was 30.5 ± 8.5 (1.1 to 47.9). TOPICOP© score was negatively correlated with HLS-EU-PT score (p = 0.002, r = -0.382, r STUDY LIMITATIONS: Small and heterogenous cohort composed of patients and patients' parents.
conclusionThe degree of corticophobia is similar to the values reported in other studies. HL had an inverse correlation with corticophobia. Lower HL was shown to be a predictor of higher corticophobia. The promotion of health literacy is essential for the correct use of TCS and good control of AD.
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