Influence of disease phase on embitterment and emotional dysregulation in psoriatic patients

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2020

Authors

Almeida, V (Author) Other; Constante, D (Author) Other; Leite, A (Author) Other; Almeida, IF (Author) FFUP; Rocha, JC (Author) Other; Sa, R (Author) Other; Teixeira, M (Author) Other; Teixeira, A (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Psychology, Health and Medicine

Vol. 26 No. 7

Pages: 242-259

ISSN: 1354-8506

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00R-YG6

DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2020.1741655

Abstract (EN): This study aimed to evaluate the psychosocial differences between patients with psoriasis in different phases of the disease. Seventy-one patients in exacerbation and 83 in remission were evaluated regarding sociodemographic, clinical and psychological variables, on the premise that the visibility of lesions (exacerbation phase) may impact the emotional regulation and embitterment. A regression analysis was performed to identify the variables that contribute to explain embitterment: a diagnosis of anxiety and/or depression and psoriasis severity are the identified ones. The results point to higher values of emotional dysregulation and embitterment, as well as more critical clinical variables in patients with active disease, namely, alcohol and coffee consumption, smoking and less satisfaction with current treatment, more diagnoses and more family history of anxiety and depression, more psychology/psychiatry consultations and more use of anxiolytics and antidepressants. However, only the results referring to alcohol consumption and embitterment are significantly higher in subjects in the exacerbation phase of the disease. Particular clinical attention should be provided to patients in exacerbation phase regarding psychotherapeutic approach.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 18