Social Appearance Anxiety in Patients with Acne Vulgaris: A Cross-Sectional Controlled Study
Yıl: 2021 Cilt: 59 Sayı: 3 Sayfa Aralığı: 234 - 238 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.4274/haseki.galenos.2021.7183 İndeks Tarihi: 17-11-2021
Social Appearance Anxiety in Patients with Acne Vulgaris: A Cross-Sectional Controlled Study
Öz: Aim: The purpose of our study is to identify the extent to which acne vulgaris patients with facial involvement are affected by thiscondition which may negatively affect the self-perception of individuals.Methods: A total of 122 acne vulgaris patients with facial involvement between the ages of 18-65 and 115 healthy controls that werematched in terms of age, gender and educational status have included in the study. Patients and healthy controls were asked to fill insocial appearance anxiety scale (SAAS) and hospital anxiety depression scale, and dermatology life quality index and visual analog scaleswere applied to the patient group. The study was designed as a cross-sectional controlled study which is a type of observational study.The data of this study were collected among those who applied to the dermatology outpatient clinic between 01.03.2020-01.10.2020.The control group was selected from the hospital staff who were healthy and volunteers.Results: Average SAAS scores of the patient, and the control group were 55.20, and 19.70 points, respectively. Thus, the average SAASscore of the patient group was found to be significantly higher than that of the control group (p<0.01).Conclusion: Acne lesions in acne vulgaris patients that appear on visible skin surfaces cause anxiety in individuals due to theirappearance. This condition revealed that those with acne lesions should undergo psychiatric as well as dermatological treatments.
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| MLA | kurhan faruk,ozaydın yavuz goknur,TATAR KÜBRA Social Appearance Anxiety in Patients with Acne Vulgaris: A Cross-Sectional Controlled Study. Haseki Tıp Bülteni, vol.59, no.3, 2021, ss.234 - 238. 10.4274/haseki.galenos.2021.7183 |
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| IEEE | kurhan f,ozaydın yavuz g,TATAR K "Social Appearance Anxiety in Patients with Acne Vulgaris: A Cross-Sectional Controlled Study." Haseki Tıp Bülteni, 59, ss.234 - 238, 2021. 10.4274/haseki.galenos.2021.7183 |
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