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Title: | Psychiatric disorders in patients attending a dermatology outpatient clinic | Authors: | Aktan, Şebnem Özmen, E. Şanlı, Berna |
Keywords: | Dermatology outpatients Psychiatric disorders adult article comorbidity dermatology disease duration emotion female health status human interview major clinical study male mental disease outpatient priority journal psychiatric diagnosis questionnaire sex difference skin defect Adolescent Adult Aged Ambulatory Care Facilities Analysis of Variance Comorbidity Dermatology Educational Status Female Health Surveys Humans Interviews Male Mental Disorders Mental Health Services Middle Aged Questionnaires Self-Examination Skin Diseases Social Class Turkey |
Abstract: | Background: Psychiatric comorbidity in patients with skin disorders has been reported. Objective: To find out the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in dermatology outpatients and to investigate the factors that affect the psychiatric symptoms. Methods: 256 patients attending our dermatology outpatient clinic completed a 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) following their dermatologic examination. A standardized personal interview was performed to establish a psychiatric diagnosis in patients sampled by using a stratified random sampling method. Results: The prevalence of psychiatric disorders was found to be 33.4% in the study group. The mean of the total GHQ scores of the sample group (n = 256 patients) was 3.656. The duration of the dermatologic complaints, sex of the subjects, localization of the lesions, and dermatologic diagnosis did not affect the total GHQ scores of the patients. Conclusion: Psychiatric comorbidity in 33.4% of the dermatology outpatients indicates the need for considering emotional factors for an effective management of the cutaneous disorders. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11499/5637 https://doi.org/10.1159/000018002 |
ISSN: | 1018-8665 |
Appears in Collections: | PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / PubMed Indexed Publications Collection Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection Tıp Fakültesi Koleksiyonu WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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