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Depression is a frequent co‐morbidity in patients with acne inversa
Author(s) -
Kurek Agata,
Johanne Peters Eva Milena,
Sabat Robert,
Sterry Wolfram,
SchneiderBurrus Sylke
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
jddg: journal der deutschen dermatologischen gesellschaft
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.463
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1610-0387
pISSN - 1610-0379
DOI - 10.1111/ddg.12067
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , medicine , distress , anxiety , hospital anxiety and depression scale , disease , acne , quality of life (healthcare) , psychiatry , clinical psychology , dermatology , nursing , economics , macroeconomics
Summary Background Acne inversa (AI) is a common chronic inflammatory disease that has a profound impact on the patientsí quality of life. We hypothesized a higher level of depression in AI patients compared to controls. Objectives We studied depression in patients with AI and control subjects. Additionally, we evaluated whether the severity of the disease, anxiety, sexual distress and acute inflammation may have an influence on depression. Patients and Methods The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was given to 90 voluntary study participants to assess depression in AI patients and in age‐, gender‐, and BMI‐matched controls. Moreover, the correlation between depression and conjectural influencing factors was evaluated. Results This study demonstrated that AI patients have a higher depression score than matched controls. Importantly, 38.6% of AI patients are affected by depression compared to 2.4% of the control subjects. In contrast to the duration of the disease and the AI patientsí age, anxiety and sexual distress showed a strong correlation with the degree of depression. Conclusions Patients with AI have a higher risk of developing depression. Physicians should be alert to the possible development of depression when treating patients with this disorder.