Perception of therapeutic inertia by patients with psoriasis in France

Therapeutic inertia (TI), the failure of health-care providers to initiate or intensify therapy when indicated, is caused by the attitude of health-care providers, unlike the concept of poor therapeutic compliance, which is generally attributed to the attitude of the patient who does not follow the proposed prescriptions.

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the perception of patients suffering from psoriasis when faced with a proposed change of treatment and TI of their physician and to identify the causal factors influencing perception, consequences, and levers to reduce TI.