Table 3.

Increasing disease awareness amongst patients

Influencer	Role in increasing patient awareness	Barriers to increasing patient awareness
Dermatologist/GP	To inform patients about the characteristics and consequences of their disease in a timely and appropriate way, before referral to the rheumatologist	• Lack of HCP disease education (signs and symptoms, disease burden, referral process, etc.) • Lack of early detection campaigns • Lack of multidisciplinary units for the management of PsA
Specialist nurse	To assist specialists, promote communication within the multidisciplinary team and help patients understand their treatment regimens including administration, medication type, monitoring requirements, side effects, misuse, etc	• Do not exist/are not deployed in all countries • Appropriate training required
Medical societies	To serve as an up‐to‐date resource for information about PsA	• Lack of patient awareness that medical societies are a source of information
PAGs	To provide information covering practical issues (e.g. lifestyle and diet) from the perspective of the patient	• Requires multidisciplinary collaboration between PAGs, rheumatologists and dermatologists