Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/5637
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

Show full item record



CORE Recommender

SCOPUSTM   
Citations

86
checked on Sep 30, 2024

WEB OF SCIENCETM
Citations

61
checked on Sep 30, 2024

Page view(s)

40
checked on Aug 24, 2024

Google ScholarTM

Check




Altmetric


Items in GCRIS Repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.