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. 2022 Jul 6;15(1):9524.
doi: 10.4081/dr.2022.9524. eCollection 2023 Mar 7.

The anxiety and depression disorder in adults with atopic dermatitis: experience of a dermatology hospital

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The anxiety and depression disorder in adults with atopic dermatitis: experience of a dermatology hospital

Ngo Minh Vinh et al. Dermatol Reports. .

Abstract

The objectives of this study are to identify the proportion of atopic dermatitis adult patients having anxiety and depression disorder and to measure the relationship between anxiety and depression disorder and characteristics of atopic dermatitis. A cross-sectional study with convenience sampling was conducted. Diagnostic criteria for atopic dermatitis were based on modified Hanifin and Raijka criteria and the severity of anxiety-depression disorder was evaluated using the hospital anxiety and depression scale. In this study, 208 patients were enrolled. The percentage of patients with anxiety and subthreshold anxiety were 11.1% and 34.1%, respectively. 5.3% of patients had depression and 39.4% of patients suffered from subthreshold depression. The proportion of patients with mixed anxiety-depressive disorder was 1.44%. Patients with severe atopic dermatitis were more likely to endure anxiety but not depression. Allergies or autoimmune diseases and scoring atopic dermatitis C were two independent risk factors of depression whereas edema and excoriation were two independent risk factors related to anxiety in atopic dermatitis patients. These findings suggest that atopic dermatitis is associated with anxiety and depression. Allergies, autoimmune diseases, pruritus, and insomnia had a correlation with anxiety and depression disorder.

Keywords: Adult; Anxiety; Atopic dermatitis; Depression.

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Conflict of interest: The authors declare no potential conflict of interest.

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