Psoriasis and stress: a prospective study.
In previous works, stress has been found to be related to psoriasis but only retrospectively and/or by means of nonstandardized measures. In our study the relationship between psoriasis and stress was examined prospectively over a period of 20 weeks by means of standardized measures. A multivariate statistical method indicated a positive correlation between the severity of psoriasis symptoms and psychologic distress (partial r = 0.31; p less than 0.01) and the impact of adverse life events (partial r = 0.23; p less than 0.05). According to these results, stress reduction could be regarded as part of the treatment offered to some patients suffering from psoriasis.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control