A Mobile App to Enhance Awareness of Vaccination in Adults With Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis: Development and Preliminary Evaluation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with psoriasis and atopic dermatitis are at increased risk of several vaccine-preventable diseases. Despite this increased susceptibility to infections, vaccination uptake in adults with psoriasis and atopic dermatitis, especially if treated with biologics and other systemic immunomodulators, is insufficient. As mobile health technologies may support behavior change, a mobile app called DermatoVax was developed to raise awareness of immunization in adult patients with psoriasis and atopic dermatitis.

Objective

This paper aims to describe the processes of development of the DermatoVax app and its initial evaluation in terms of technical verification and physicians' quality rating.

Methods

The app was conceived in a user-centered fashion. Its core co

SUBMITTER: Gasparini G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12728400 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature