CHAUDHURY, S., Psychiatry Department, Commend Hospital, Command, C/o APO 56.
Indian J Psychiatry. 1998 Jul;40(3):295-9.
This study compares the levels of anxiety, depression, alexithymia and stressful life events in 30 consecutive patients of psoriasis with equal number of age and sex matched normal controls, patients with fungal infections and patients with neurosis, Sinha's anxiety scale, Hamilton's depression rating scale, Toronto alexithymia scale and the presumptive stressful life events scale were used to measure anxiety, depression, alexithymia and stressful life events respectively Analysis revealed that patients with psoriasis were significantly more anxious and depressed, obtained significantly higher alexithymia scores and had significantly more stressful life events as compared to normal subjects and patients with fungal skin infection. Psoriatics were significantly less anxious and depressed as compared to neurosis patients. Six patients with psoriasis were dependent on alcohol. Measures to reduce anxiety and depression and reduction of alcohol intake will not only improve subjective wellbeing of psoriasis patients but may also prevent relapses.
这项研究比较了 30 名连续的银屑病患者与相同年龄和性别匹配的正常对照组、真菌感染患者和神经症患者的焦虑、抑郁、述情障碍和生活应激事件水平。使用辛哈焦虑量表、汉密尔顿抑郁评定量表、多伦多述情障碍量表和假定生活应激事件量表分别测量焦虑、抑郁、述情障碍和生活应激事件。分析显示，与正常对照组和真菌感染患者相比，银屑病患者明显更焦虑和抑郁，获得的述情障碍评分明显更高，生活应激事件明显更多。与神经症患者相比，银屑病患者明显焦虑和抑郁程度较轻。6 名银屑病患者依赖酒精。减少焦虑和抑郁的措施以及减少酒精摄入不仅可以改善银屑病患者的主观幸福感，还可以预防复发。
