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Association Between Poorer Quality of Life and Psychiatric Morbidity in Patients With Different Dermatological Conditions

Francesca Sampogna, BD, MPH, Angelo Picardi, MD, Mary-Margaret Chren, MD, C. Franco Melchi, MD, Paolo Pasquini, MD, MPH, Cinzia Masini, MD and Damiano Abeni, MD, MPH

From the Dermatological Institute IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy (F.S., A.P., C.F.M., P.P., C.M., D.A.); and the Departments of Dermatology, University of California at San Francisco and the HSR&D Research Enhancement Award Program, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (M.-M.C.).



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  		Figure 1. Median scores of Symptoms scale of Skindex-29 for GHQ noncases and cases in mild and moderate-to-severe forms of disease, according to the physician’s rating of severity. Lines in the graphs are only meant to connect points referring to the same disease and do not have any intrinsic statistical or mathematical meaning. Alopecia, nevi, and vitiligo are mostly asymptomatic skin conditions.

 




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