an increasing trendp = 0.003
As regards topical treatments (Table 5 ), the majority part of patients (98.3%) was under treatment or had received topical corticosteroids, at least once in their life (98.7% of patients with mild adult AD, 97.1% of patients with moderate adult AD, and 98.5% of patients with severe adult AD had experience of treatment with topical corticosteroids) with an increasing trend, moving from mild to moderate and severe AD ( p = 0.003).