2010
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0866
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Psychophysical Aspects of Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Abstract: Hidradenitis suppurativa is a recurrent, debilitating suppurative skin disease. The symptoms are much more than just physical, but studies of its impact on patients' psychological state and related quality of life are very limited. The current study was conducted with a group of 54 patients, aged 16-65 years, who had an active, but stable, course of hidradenitis suppurativa. The aim of the study was to determine the influence of hidradenitis suppurativa on a broad spectrum of psychophysical factors. Assessment… Show more

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“…The results are similar to literature data and according to BDI are as follows: 12 points for psoriasis, 12.11 ±7.50 points for male pattern alopecia and 5.87 ±4.68 points in the course of hidradenitis suppurativa [23][24][25]. In our study, 42% of patients suffered from depression of different severity before the therapy, which dropped to 18% after the intervention.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…The results are similar to literature data and according to BDI are as follows: 12 points for psoriasis, 12.11 ±7.50 points for male pattern alopecia and 5.87 ±4.68 points in the course of hidradenitis suppurativa [23][24][25]. In our study, 42% of patients suffered from depression of different severity before the therapy, which dropped to 18% after the intervention.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…The burden of psoriasis [1], AE [1] or HS [8,9] has been investigated in several hospital-based studies, showing considerable impairment, and it is speculated that the high prevalence of skin disease means that even lower levels of morbidity may be important to the overall morbidity of the general population. Few HRQoL studies have been conducted outside hospital-based settings.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Такие проявления болезни, как выраженная боль, ограничение подвижности, сви-щевые ходы с отделяемым, имеющим неприятный запах, приводят к снижению самооценки, работоспособности, развитию депрессии и, как следствие, социальной изоля-ции больных [21][22][23].…”
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