Anxiety, depression and psychosomatic symptoms in patients with atopic dermatitis: Comparison with normal controls and among groups of different degrees of severity

摘要: Atopic dermatitis is a common skin disorder. The age distribution mainly located from infancy to adolescence, which period the most important for forming character or effecting their psychological condition. We used three types of tests investigate anxiety, depression and psychosomatic symptoms in 45 patients with atopic 34 normal controls. These consisted manifest anxiety scale (MAS), self-rating (SDS) Cornell Medical Index (CMI). On MAS, group did not show any statistical difference However, SDS CMI produced statistically significant differences (P < 0.05 P 0.01, respectively). Furthermore, we classified symptom degrees severity (mild: 15; moderate: 14; severe: 16). Patients mild controls on tests. moderate showed 0.01) 0.05), but MAS. Finally, severe (in-patients) somewhat lower test scores than those symptoms. conclude that were more depressive symptom-prone controls, suggest some should be treated both dermatologically psychiatrically.