Department of Dermatology, Ministry of Health, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Psychiatry Investig. 2011 Dec;8(4):327-33. doi: 10.4306/pi.2011.8.4.327. Epub 2011 Nov 3.
To assess relationship between alexithymia and acne vulgaris in young people.
A hundred and eleven subjects between 15 and 25 years of age referred to out-patient clinic of dermatology with acne and 78 subjects applied to family physician for complaints other than acne were included in patient and control groups of the study, respectively. A questionnaire to determine demographic characteristics, an acne classification to determine severity of acne and Toronto Alexithymic Scale (TAS) to assess alexithymia were used.
The mean scores of TAS were 52.7±10.8 and 51.7±10.7 in patient and control groups, respectively. Alexitymia was determined in 23.4% of the subjects in acne group and in 24.4% of control group. No significant differences were found between groups in terms of alexithymia, intermediate alexitymia and three-factors of TAS.
Alexithymia does not appear to be related to acne vulgaris.
评估年轻人的述情障碍与寻常痤疮之间的关系。
将 111 名 15 至 25 岁的患者(来自皮肤科门诊,诊断为寻常痤疮)和 78 名因痤疮以外的症状就诊于家庭医生的患者(对照组)纳入研究的患者和对照组。使用问卷确定人口统计学特征、痤疮分级以确定痤疮严重程度以及多伦多述情障碍量表(TAS)评估述情障碍。
患者组和对照组的 TAS 平均得分为 52.7±10.8 和 51.7±10.7。在痤疮组中,有 23.4%的患者存在述情障碍,在对照组中,有 24.4%的患者存在述情障碍。两组之间在述情障碍、中间述情障碍和 TAS 的三个因素方面无显著差异。
述情障碍似乎与寻常痤疮无关。