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Abstract

BACKGROUND:Acne vulgaris is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the pilosebaceous unit. Acne can probably be exacerbated by psychological stress. The psychological impacts of acne have documented dissatisfaction with appearance, embarrassment, self-consciousness, and lack of self-confidence in acne patients.OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity and self-esteem in patients suffering from fascial acne attending center of dermatology and venerology in Baghdad medical city.PATIENTS AND METHODS:This is cross sectional study included 100 patients' age ranged from 16 to 35 years suffered from fascial acne attend to center of dermatology and venerology at Baghdad medical city. This study was extended for 9 month. Special questionnaire form was filled for each patient that directs the interview; the questionnaire was included three parts: First part composed of questionnaire that asking about sociodemographic variable like age, gender, education, occupation, marital status, children and residency. Second part of questionnaire measure psychiatric morbidity like depression, anxiety, coping and social dysfunction using general health questionnaire (GHQ 30). Third part: Rosenberg self-esteem scales a widely used self-report instrument for evaluating individual self-esteem.RESULTS:Number of sample was (100) randomly collected of those who attending to the center of dermatology and venerology in Baghdad medical city.The patients aged below 20 were 54%, eighteen patients were male and 82% were single and10% were married; only 10% of patient got children. Twenty eight patients were had employment and 89 patients lived in urban area. Psychiatric morbidity was found in around 57% of the patient, 61% of cases had anxiety, 53% of cases had depression and hopelessness, 49% of cases had difficulty in coping and dispirited, 56% of cases had social dysfunction, 36% of patients with low self-esteem.CONCLUSION:The psychiatric morbidity was common among patients with acne vulgaris.Psychiatric morbidity and Low self-esteem were significantly higher among female, lower education, divorced, widowed, unemployed patients. 

DOI

10.52573/ipmj.2024.183407

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