Relación entre actividad de la psoriasis y el nivel de depresión, consulta externa de Dermatología. Hospital Luis Vernaza enero - junio 2020.

Abstract

Background: Psoriasis is a chronic disease that causes deterioration in the quality of life; it is characterized by being associated with a higher risk of anxiety, depression and suicidal ideas. These conditions affect the course of the disease, producing a delayed recovery time and poor response to various treatments or even the risk of recurrences. Materials and methods: an observational, cross-sectional, analytical and prospective study was carried out with 71 patients who attended the outpatient clinic, each patient was interviewed, we did the application of questionnaires through the data collection sheet and physical examination. The scale to measure depression was PHQ-9 and quality of life index DLQI Results: A total of 71 consecutive patients diagnosed with psoriasis were studied. The risk determined by the Odds ratio, showed that patients with moderate / severe disease were 2.57 times more likely to present depression than those with mild severity; 64.7% of the patients with psoriasis presented some degree of depression. When consulting patients with psoriasis about whether they thought it would be better to be dead or hurt themselves, 18.31% answered affirmatively. Conclusions: Patients with moderate or severe psoriasis are associated with levels of mild depression; while mild severity of psoriasis it is associated with the absence of depression. Two thirds of the patients with psoriasis presented some degree of depression along with impaired quality of life according to DLQI.