Original scientific paper

ANALYSIS OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL TRAITS IN PSORIATIC PATIENTS

Jasna Zeljko-Penavić ; Department of Dermatology and Venerology, School of Medicine, University Hospital of Mostar, B&H
Mirna Šitum ; Department of Dermatology and Venerology, University Hospital ‘Sestre Milosrdnice’, Zagreb, Croatia
Dragan Babić orcid.org/0000-0002-0269-2413 ; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University Hospital of Mostar, B&H
Dubravka Šimić ; Department of Dermatology and Venerology, School of Medicine, University Hospital of Mostar, B&H

Abstract

Psoriasis vulgaris is a multifactorial, heterogeneous disease that is associated with problems in skin image and feelings of shame
and stigmatization. The aim of this study was to analyze psychopathological traits in patients with psoriasis and a comparative
group. A total of 254 dermatological patients participated in the study: 124 patients with confirmed diagnoses of psoriasis vulgaris
and 130 patients with melanocytic and non-melanocytic nevi on covered parts of the body. Psychometrically mensural and
standardized instruments were used in the study: list of general data, appendix of disease data, Beck Depression Inventory test,
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Measure of psychological stress and Eysenck’s Personal Questionnaire. There is a significant
statistical difference in the result of psychometric tests between the study groups. Patients with psoriasis have more severe symptoms
of depression, more physical symptoms of anxiety and higher results on the anxiety scale as a state and as a trait p=0.000. Eysenck's
personal questionnaire showed higher results on the psychoticism scale p=0.000 and lower results on the extraversion scale p=0.035
among psoriatic patients.

Keywords

psoriasis vulgaris; psychopathological traits; depression; anxiety; stress; psychoticism

Hrčak ID:

266273

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/266273

Publication date:

8.7.2013.

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