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. 2020 Nov 11;13:817–823. doi: 10.2147/CCID.S275512

Table 3.

Response Rate of Women Who Answered Correctly to the Following Statements About Psoriasis

Without Pregnancy N=86 (%) With Pregnancy N=149 (%) Total N=235 (%)
If I have psoriasis, my child will have psoriasis too. 38 (44) 78 (52) 116 (49)
When one parent has psoriasis, the child has less than a one-in-five risk of developing the disease. 21 (24) 49 (33) 70 (30)
A pregnant woman cannot take any treatment for psoriasis. 22 (25) 43 (29) 65 (28)
Psoriasis can interfere with a healthy pregnancy. 27 (31) 60 (40) 87 (37)
Psoriasis can disappear during pregnancy. 24 (28) 56 (38) 80 (34)
You cannot breastfeed if you have psoriasis. 31 (36) 83 (56) 114 (48)
Psoriasis is not contagious, it does not transmit directly to the child. 48 (56) 93 (62) 141 (60)