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- Title
A Study of the Life Quality and Depression in Patients with Urticaria Who Referred to Razi Hospital of Tehran in 2017.
- Authors
Fakour, Yousef; Ghaderi, Mina; Azizpoor, Arghavan; Lajevardi, Vahide
- Abstract
Background and Objective: Urticaria is a disease that is characterized by hives associated with an itching or burning sensation. When the symptoms last more than 6 weeks, the disease is regarded as chronic, and if lesions disappear in less than 6 weeks, it is considered as acute. In the patients with urticaria, both the disease severity and associated psychological factors affect the life quality. This study was conducted aimed at evaluating the life quality and depression in patients with urticaria. Methods: In this cross-sectional study conducted in 2017, 111 patients who referred to Razi Hospital were selected. The patients' life quality was evaluated using DLQI, depression was assessed using the Beck BDI-II questionnaire, and the disease severity was evaluated using the Urticaria Activity Score (UAS). The data obtained were analyzed using the independent t-test and one-way ANOVA, or Yu-Mann Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis H tests. Results: 81.1% of the patients were female, and the mean age of the patients was 31.17 years (from 15 to 60 years old). 62.2% of the patients had acute urticaria. The mean life quality of the patients was 10.95 (minimally 1 and maximally 25), the mean depression was 11.50 (minimally 0 and maximally 50), and the mean disease severity was 3.95 (minimally 1 and maximally 6). Besides, depression had a statistically significant relationship with the level of education. (P Value < 0.05) Conclusion: In patients with urticaria, the life quality is greatly impaired, so more depression is associated with more impaired life quality.
- Subjects
TEHRAN (Iran); QUALITY of life; URTICARIA; ONE-way analysis of variance; KRUSKAL-Wallis Test; PSYCHOLOGICAL factors
- Publication
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences / Progress in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, 2018, p166
- ISSN
1735-8639
- Publication type
Article