Patient Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Psoriasis Vulgaris and Factors Believed to Trigger the Disease: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study with 1621 Patients

• Main Authors: Melek Aslan Kayıran (Author), Ayşe Serap Karadağ (Author), İlteriş Oğuz Topal (Author), Selma Emre (Author), Esra Adışen (Author), Sevilay Oğuz Kılıç (Author), Nuray Keskin (Author), Asude Kara Polat (Author), Bengü Çevirgen Cemil (Author), Mualla Polat (Author), Oğuz Yılmaz (Author), Hilal Ayvaz (Author), Filiz Topaloğlu Demir (Author), Sezgi Sarıkaya Solak (Author), Derya Uçmak (Author), Sema Aytekin (Author), Mehmet Salih Gürel (Author), Algün Polat Ekinci (Author), Kübra Nursel Bölük (Author), Neslihan Şendur (Author), Tuğba Özkök Akbulut (Author), Günseli Öztürk (Author), Ayda Acar (Author), Erkan Alpsoy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mattioli1885, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Due to the chronic, recurrent nature of Psoriasis vulgaris (PV) and lack of definitive treatment for the disease, patients often resort to alternative treatments. Physicians seem to have low awareness of this issue. Objectives: To elicit the perceptions of 1,621 PV patients on complement...