Medizinische Universität Graz - Research portal
Selected Publication:
SHR Neuro Cancer Cardio Lipid Metab Microb
Van, Beugen, S; Schut, C; Kupfer, J; Bewley, AP; Finlay, AY; Gieler, U; Thompson, AR; Gracia-Cazaña, T; Balieva, F; Ferreira, BR; Jemec, GB; Lien, L; Misery, L; Marron, SE; Ständer, S; Zeidler, C; Szabó, C; Szepietowski, JC; Reich, A; Elyas, A; Altunay, IK; Legat, FJ; Grivcheva-Panovska, V; Romanov, DV; Lvov, AN; Titeca, G; Sampogna, F; Vulink, NC; Tomás-Aragones, L; Evers, AWM; Dalgard, FJ, , European, Society, for, Dermatology, and, Psychiatry, (ESDaP), Study, collaborators.
Perceived Stigmatization among Dermatological Outpatients Compared with Controls: An Observational Multicentre Study in 17 European Countries.
ACTA DERM-VENEREOL. 2023; 103: adv6485
Doi: 10.2340/actadv.v103.6485
[OPEN ACCESS]
Web of Science
PubMed
FullText
FullText_MUG
- Co-authors Med Uni Graz
- Legat Franz
- Altmetrics:
- Dimensions Citations:
- Plum Analytics:
- Scite (citation analytics):
- Abstract:
- Perceived stigmatization places a large psychosocial burden on patients with some skin conditions. Little is known about the experience of stigmatization across a wide range of skin diseases. This observational cross-sectional study aimed to quantify perceived stigmatization and identify its predictors among patients with a broad spectrum of skin diseases across 17 European countries. Self-report questionnaires assessing perceived stigmatization and its potential predictors were completed by 5,487 dermatology outpatients and 2,808 skin-healthy controls. Dermatological diagnosis, severity, and comorbidity were clinician-assessed. Patients experienced higher levels of perceived stigmatization than controls (p < 0.001, d = 0.26); patients with psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, alopecia, and bullous disorders were particularly affected. Multivariate regression analyses showed that perceived stigmatization was related to sociodemographic (lower age, male sex, being single), general health-related (higher body mass index, lower overall health), disease-related (higher clinician-assessed disease severity, presence of itch, longer disease duration), and psychological (greater distress, presence of suicidal ideation, greater body dysmorphic concerns, lower appearance satisfaction) variables. To conclude, perceived stigmatization is common in patients with skin diseases. Factors have been identified that will help clinicians and policymakers to target vulnerable patient groups, offer adequate patient management, and to ultimately develop evidence-based interventions.
- Find related publications in this database (using NLM MeSH Indexing)
- Humans - administration & dosage
- Male - administration & dosage
- Stereotyping - administration & dosage
- Outpatients - administration & dosage
- Quality of Life - psychology
- Skin Diseases - diagnosis, psychology
- Psoriasis - diagnosis, psychology
- Surveys and Questionnaires - administration & dosage
- Find related publications in this database (Keywords)
- social stigma
- skin diseases
- medical psychology
- multicentre study