Reducing corticosteroid phobia in pharmacy staff and parents of children with atopic dermatitis

Source : https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11096-021-01241-2

Background Besides physicians, pharmacy staff has an important role to inform patients on appropriate medication use. However, they might also experience corticophobia themselves, affecting patient counseling and subsequently patient's disease management. Objective Implementation of an intervention for pharmacy staff to improve knowledge and stimulate positive perceptions towards TCS use, in order to reduce corticophobia in pharmacy staff and parents of young AD patients.