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Untreated depression and anxiety in patients with common skin diseases: a cross-sectional study in China

OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to analyze the current status and reasons for the neglect of the psychological need of patients with common skin diseases. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in China using an online self-assessment questionnaire distributed via social media. Demographic, cl...

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Autores principales: Tang, Tao-Ran, Wang, Mi, Li, Hong, Yang, Song-Chun, Zhang, Cheng-Cheng, Lin, Wen-Rui, Ke, Xin-Chen, Zhang, Han-Yi, Su, Juan, Zhu, Shi-Lin
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10227509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37260960
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1150998
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author Tang, Tao-Ran
Wang, Mi
Li, Hong
Yang, Song-Chun
Zhang, Cheng-Cheng
Lin, Wen-Rui
Ke, Xin-Chen
Zhang, Han-Yi
Su, Juan
Zhu, Shi-Lin
author_facet Tang, Tao-Ran
Wang, Mi
Li, Hong
Yang, Song-Chun
Zhang, Cheng-Cheng
Lin, Wen-Rui
Ke, Xin-Chen
Zhang, Han-Yi
Su, Juan
Zhu, Shi-Lin
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description OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to analyze the current status and reasons for the neglect of the psychological need of patients with common skin diseases. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in China using an online self-assessment questionnaire distributed via social media. Demographic, clinical and psychological data were collected, and the main outcomes, i.e., depression (evaluated using the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire, PHQ-9) and anxiety (evaluated using Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, GAD-7). Multivariate regression analysis was used for the prediction of variates of mental health service seeking behaviors. RESULTS: A total of 1,010 patients participated in the survey, and 273 (27.0%) patients met the “with need” criteria, i.e., having the need for mental health intervention but not being treated. In the multivariate regression model, income (OR = 0.80, 95%CI: 0.65–0.99), duration of disease (OR = 0.68, 95%CI: 0.49–0.95) and suicide ideation (OR = 2.10, 95%CI: 1.14–3.87) were significant factors. For patients who did not receive mental health care, the lack of knowledge about the availability of mental health services, lack of knowledge of where to seek help, concerns about the side effects of treatment, failure to seek treatment for severe skin diseases, and absence of current psychological distress were associated with their need for psychological intervention. CONCLUSION: This study examined the current status of the need for psychological intervention and the reasons why the need was unmet in patients with skin diseases. Due to the confusion and a lack of knowledge about their mental health issues, mental health services are often underutilized.
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spelling pubmed-102275092023-05-31 Untreated depression and anxiety in patients with common skin diseases: a cross-sectional study in China Tang, Tao-Ran Wang, Mi Li, Hong Yang, Song-Chun Zhang, Cheng-Cheng Lin, Wen-Rui Ke, Xin-Chen Zhang, Han-Yi Su, Juan Zhu, Shi-Lin Front Psychol Psychology OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to analyze the current status and reasons for the neglect of the psychological need of patients with common skin diseases. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in China using an online self-assessment questionnaire distributed via social media. Demographic, clinical and psychological data were collected, and the main outcomes, i.e., depression (evaluated using the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire, PHQ-9) and anxiety (evaluated using Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, GAD-7). Multivariate regression analysis was used for the prediction of variates of mental health service seeking behaviors. RESULTS: A total of 1,010 patients participated in the survey, and 273 (27.0%) patients met the “with need” criteria, i.e., having the need for mental health intervention but not being treated. In the multivariate regression model, income (OR = 0.80, 95%CI: 0.65–0.99), duration of disease (OR = 0.68, 95%CI: 0.49–0.95) and suicide ideation (OR = 2.10, 95%CI: 1.14–3.87) were significant factors. For patients who did not receive mental health care, the lack of knowledge about the availability of mental health services, lack of knowledge of where to seek help, concerns about the side effects of treatment, failure to seek treatment for severe skin diseases, and absence of current psychological distress were associated with their need for psychological intervention. CONCLUSION: This study examined the current status of the need for psychological intervention and the reasons why the need was unmet in patients with skin diseases. Due to the confusion and a lack of knowledge about their mental health issues, mental health services are often underutilized. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10227509/ /pubmed/37260960 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1150998 Text en Copyright © 2023 Tang, Wang, Li, Yang, Zhang, Lin, Ke, Zhang, Su and Zhu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Tang, Tao-Ran
Wang, Mi
Li, Hong
Yang, Song-Chun
Zhang, Cheng-Cheng
Lin, Wen-Rui
Ke, Xin-Chen
Zhang, Han-Yi
Su, Juan
Zhu, Shi-Lin
Untreated depression and anxiety in patients with common skin diseases: a cross-sectional study in China
title Untreated depression and anxiety in patients with common skin diseases: a cross-sectional study in China
title_full Untreated depression and anxiety in patients with common skin diseases: a cross-sectional study in China
title_fullStr Untreated depression and anxiety in patients with common skin diseases: a cross-sectional study in China
title_full_unstemmed Untreated depression and anxiety in patients with common skin diseases: a cross-sectional study in China
title_short Untreated depression and anxiety in patients with common skin diseases: a cross-sectional study in China
title_sort untreated depression and anxiety in patients with common skin diseases: a cross-sectional study in china
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10227509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37260960
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1150998
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