Table 7.
Attitudes surrounding diet as management strategy for psoriasis
| Questions and responses | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Currently, what role is diet playing in managing your skin condition? | |
| Skin condition completely controlled by diet | 27 (2.2) |
| Diet is helping significantly with skin condition | 201 (16.7) |
| Diet is helping slightly with skin condition | 210 (17.4) |
| Diet has no effect on skin condition | 200 (16.6) |
| Not sure how diet affects skin condition | 521 (43.2) |
| Other | 47 (3.9) |
| How difficult/burdensome is it to follow a special diet? | |
| Very difficult | 226 (18.7) |
| Somewhat difficult | 473 (39.2) |
| Not difficult | 324 (26.9) |
| Not applicable | 183 (15.2) |
| What difficulties did you encounter in modifying your diet? | |
| Will power/too limiting | 237 (36.5) |
| Time/inconvenience | 113 (17.4) |
| Family/social pressures | 88 (13.6) |
| Dining out/travel | 88 (13.6) |
| Affordability | 74 (11.4) |
| Access | 48 (7.4) |
| How important is it that physicians discuss with patients the role of diet in managing skin disease? | |
| Very important | 781 (64.8) |
| Somewhat important | 290 (24) |
| Minimally important | 102 (8.5) |
| Not important at all | 33 (2.7) |