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Winter 2018, Vol. 26 No. 4

Hong Kong J. Dermatol. Venereol. (2018) 26, 169-174

Original Article

Distress tolerance in patients with psoriasis: a cross-sectional case-control study

銀屑病患者的痛苦承受力：橫斷面病例對照研究

AE Altınöz, HK Erdoğan, E Acer, M Bilgin, ZN Saraçoğlu

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare distress tolerance in patients with psoriasis and patients with non-psychodermatological diseases and healthy controls. Parameters including sociodemographic data such as age, gender, cigarette and alcohol habits were studied, and the Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) and Beck Anxiety Scale (BAS) were used for assessment. There was a statistically significant difference between the groups in terms of BAS scores, DTS total, DTS tolerance and DTS self-efficacy subscale scores (p<0.001, p<0.001, p<0.001, p<0001). The fact that psoriasis patients differed significantly from both the patient controls and the healthy controls in terms of the DTS total score suggests that distress intolerance in these patients is associated with a different mental process from those with chronic disease.

本研究的目的是比較銀屑病患者、非精神皮膚病患者及健康對照組的痛苦承受力。研究的參數包括年齡、性別、吸煙和飲酒習慣等社會人口統計學數據，並使用痛苦承受力量表和貝克焦慮量表進行評估。各組之間在貝克焦慮量表評分、痛苦承受力量表的總分及其耐受性和自我效能子量表評分方面，均存在著統計學上的顯著性差異（p<0.001，p<0.001，p<0.001，p<0001）。銀屑病患者在痛苦承受力量表總分方面與其他患者及健康對照組都顯著不同，這一事實表明了銀屑病患者的痛苦承受力心路歷程上或與其他的慢性疾病患者不同。

Keywords: Distress tolerance, Psoriasis, Psychodermatology

關鍵詞: 痛苦承受力、銀屑病、心理皮膚病學