Kent G, Al'Abadie M
Department of Psychiatry, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, U.K.
J Am Acad Dermatol. 1996 Dec;35(6):895-8. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(96)90112-7.
Qualitative and quantitative studies have shown that cutaneous diseases can have significant effects on psychologic well-being and social functioning in a variety of interpersonal situations.
Our purpose was to assess the nature and extent of the social and psychologic difficulties associated with vitiligo using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods.
Six hundred fourteen members of the U.K. Vitiligo Society completed a questionnaire that included the 12-item version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and an open-ended question concerning the effects of the disease on their life.
Thirty-five percent of the respondents scored above the threshold on the GHQ. Analysis of the qualitative data indicated that vitiligo affects lives in a variety of ways consistent with perceived stigma and that some categories of response (such as avoidance of activities and negative reactions by others) were associated with higher GHQ scores.
Many persons with vitiligo show indications of significant distress that are related to specific types of social encounters and emotional disturbance.
定性和定量研究表明，皮肤疾病在各种人际情境中会对心理健康和社会功能产生重大影响。
我们的目的是通过定性和定量方法相结合来评估白癜风相关的社会和心理困难的性质及程度。
英国白癜风协会的614名成员完成了一份问卷，其中包括12项版的一般健康问卷（GHQ）以及一个关于该疾病对其生活影响的开放式问题。
35%的受访者在GHQ上得分高于临界值。定性数据分析表明，白癜风以与感知到的耻辱感相符的多种方式影响生活，并且某些反应类别（如回避活动和他人的负面反应）与更高的GHQ得分相关。
许多白癜风患者表现出与特定类型的社交遭遇和情绪困扰相关的明显痛苦迹象。
