Common burden of chronic skin diseases? Contributors to psychological distress in adults with psoriasis and atopic dermatitis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1275-1281

  Evers, Andrea W M ^a   Lu, Y ^a   Duller, P ^a   Van Der Valk, P G M ^a   Kraaimaat, F W ^a   Van De Kerkhoft, P C M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Chronic skin diseases; Psoriasis; Psychological distress; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BODY BURDEN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSORIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN DISEASES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URTICARIA;

EID: 21644434999     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06565.x     Document Type: Article

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