Category	Patient variable	Physician variable
Physician/patient background	Sex Age Complications Smoking Alcohol intake Ambulatory care facility Treatment in the past 2–3 weeks, 3 and 6 months Understanding of treatments choice, etc.	Sex Age Specialty Treatment in the past 2–3 weeks, 3 and 6 months Rating of understanding of treatment options by patients, etc.
Severity evaluation	Affected site BSA (patient only) Severity rating (Patient GA/Physician GA)
Treatment goals	Treatment goal† Reason for treatment goal setting Obstacle to treatment Obstacle to treatment goal achievement, etc.	Treatment goal† Reason for treatment goal setting Obstacle to treatment
Treatment satisfaction and QOL	Treatment satisfaction TSQM DLQI	Treatment satisfaction

^aTreatment goal: 1. complete clearance, 2. almost complete clearance, 3. complete clearance of specific sites (nails, head, genitals, others) but without complete or almost clearance for the remaining lesions, 4. improvement from previous treatment but without complete or almost clearance, 5. to relieve itching, 6. others and 7. no particular goal set.

BSA, Body surface area; DLQI, Dermatology Life Quality Index (skin disease‐specific QOL scale); GA, Global Assessment (severity assessment); TSQM, Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (Treatment Satisfaction Scale).