Emotional stresses and psychological disorders seem to be concurrent factors in some cases of prurigo nodularis (PN), a chronic skin condition with a difficult therapeutic approach. In order to improve the therapeutic strategies we performed a psychometric study on twenty patients affected by generalized and histological proven PN. Specific questionnaires were employed to examine the hypotheses (General Health Questionnaire, State Trait Anxiety Inventory - form Y, Beck Depression Inventory-II, and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire). The results show that symptoms of anxiety and depression associated with PN are more severe than in control group and that some specific traits of personality is more frequently represented in such subjects. The results of our study represent a first attempt to analyse the psychological problems and the personality dimensions which seem to characterize PN patients. Such evidences support the importance of a psychological approach in the clinical management of PN, which should always include psychological assessment and treatment together with the other therapeutic options.

Psychological Factors involved in Prurigo Nodularis: a pilot study.

DAZZI, CARLA;
2011

Abstract

Emotional stresses and psychological disorders seem to be concurrent factors in some cases of prurigo nodularis (PN), a chronic skin condition with a difficult therapeutic approach. In order to improve the therapeutic strategies we performed a psychometric study on twenty patients affected by generalized and histological proven PN. Specific questionnaires were employed to examine the hypotheses (General Health Questionnaire, State Trait Anxiety Inventory - form Y, Beck Depression Inventory-II, and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire). The results show that symptoms of anxiety and depression associated with PN are more severe than in control group and that some specific traits of personality is more frequently represented in such subjects. The results of our study represent a first attempt to analyse the psychological problems and the personality dimensions which seem to characterize PN patients. Such evidences support the importance of a psychological approach in the clinical management of PN, which should always include psychological assessment and treatment together with the other therapeutic options.
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