Patients with psoriasis feel stigmatized

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-72

  Hrehorów, Ewa ^a   Salomon, Joanna ^a   Matusiak, Lukasz ^a   Reich, Adam ^a   Szepietowski, Jacek C ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Depression; Pruritus; Psoriasis; Quality of life; Stigmatization; Stress; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEPRESSION; FEELINGS OF STIGMATIZATION QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SHAME; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STIGMATIZATION; STIGMATIZATION SCALE; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855231275     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1193     Document Type: Article

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