Treatment Motivations and Expectations in Patients with Actinic Keratosis: A German-Wide Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Trial.

ABSTRACT: Patient-centered motives and expectations of the treatment of actinic keratoses (AK) have received little attention until now. Hence, we aimed to profile and cluster treatment motivations and expectations among patients with AK in a nationwide multicenter, cross-sectional study including patients from 14 German skin cancer centers. Patients were asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire. Treatment motives and expectations towards AK management were measured on a visual analogue scale from 1-10. Specific patient profiles were investigated with subgroup and correlation analysis. Overall, 403 patients were included. The highest motivation values were obtained for the items "avoid transition to invasive squamous cell carcinoma" (mean ± standard deviation; 8.98 ± 1.46), "AK are consid

SUBMITTER: Steeb T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7290787 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature