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Psychological Stress and Salivary Cortisol Levels in Patients with Plaque Psoriasis
Psychological stress has long been recognized as a trigger for plaque psoriasis, and preliminary evidence suggests that psoriasis could be associated with alterations in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, resulting in impaired cortisol response to stress. This study aimed to investigate...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8621977/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34834421 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm11111069 |
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author | Gisondi, Paolo Geat, Davide Bellinato, Francesco Spiazzi, Laura Danese, Elisa Montagnana, Martina Lippi, Giuseppe Girolomoni, Giampiero |
author_facet | Gisondi, Paolo Geat, Davide Bellinato, Francesco Spiazzi, Laura Danese, Elisa Montagnana, Martina Lippi, Giuseppe Girolomoni, Giampiero |
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description | Psychological stress has long been recognized as a trigger for plaque psoriasis, and preliminary evidence suggests that psoriasis could be associated with alterations in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, resulting in impaired cortisol response to stress. This study aimed to investigate psychological stress, anxiety, depression and salivary cortisol in psoriatic patients. A cross sectional study involving 126 adult patients with plaque psoriasis and 116 adult healthy controls was conducted. Demographic, clinical data, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were collected. Cases and controls were asked whether they felt stressed in the last month, whilst psoriatic patients were also interrogated whether they found that psoriasis could have been worsened by stress. Moreover, 54 randomly selected subjects (27 psoriasis patients and 27 controls) underwent salivary cortisol testing at 8 am. PSS, HADS depression and anxiety subscales were significantly higher in psoriatic patients than in controls (17.2 ± 0.6 vs. 15.1 ± 0.8 p = 0.0289), (9.5 ± 0.3 vs. 6.2 ± 0.3 p < 0.001) and (8.2 ± 0.4 vs. 4.2 ± 0.3 p < 0.001), respectively. A higher rate of psoriatic patients reported feeling stress over the last month (45% vs. 19%, p < 0.001), and stress was considered a potential trigger for psoriasis flare-ups in 69% of cases. Psoriasis was strongly associated with higher PSS and HADS scores independently of sex, body mass index, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and occupational status. Salivary cortisol was significantly lower in psoriatic patients compared to controls (9.6 ± 0.5 vs. 14.0 ± 1.1 nmol/L, p < 0.001). In conclusion, psoriasis was associated with higher psychological stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms, and with impaired cortisol response to stress. |
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spelling | pubmed-86219772021-11-27 Psychological Stress and Salivary Cortisol Levels in Patients with Plaque Psoriasis Gisondi, Paolo Geat, Davide Bellinato, Francesco Spiazzi, Laura Danese, Elisa Montagnana, Martina Lippi, Giuseppe Girolomoni, Giampiero J Pers Med Article Psychological stress has long been recognized as a trigger for plaque psoriasis, and preliminary evidence suggests that psoriasis could be associated with alterations in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, resulting in impaired cortisol response to stress. This study aimed to investigate psychological stress, anxiety, depression and salivary cortisol in psoriatic patients. A cross sectional study involving 126 adult patients with plaque psoriasis and 116 adult healthy controls was conducted. Demographic, clinical data, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were collected. Cases and controls were asked whether they felt stressed in the last month, whilst psoriatic patients were also interrogated whether they found that psoriasis could have been worsened by stress. Moreover, 54 randomly selected subjects (27 psoriasis patients and 27 controls) underwent salivary cortisol testing at 8 am. PSS, HADS depression and anxiety subscales were significantly higher in psoriatic patients than in controls (17.2 ± 0.6 vs. 15.1 ± 0.8 p = 0.0289), (9.5 ± 0.3 vs. 6.2 ± 0.3 p < 0.001) and (8.2 ± 0.4 vs. 4.2 ± 0.3 p < 0.001), respectively. A higher rate of psoriatic patients reported feeling stress over the last month (45% vs. 19%, p < 0.001), and stress was considered a potential trigger for psoriasis flare-ups in 69% of cases. Psoriasis was strongly associated with higher PSS and HADS scores independently of sex, body mass index, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and occupational status. Salivary cortisol was significantly lower in psoriatic patients compared to controls (9.6 ± 0.5 vs. 14.0 ± 1.1 nmol/L, p < 0.001). In conclusion, psoriasis was associated with higher psychological stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms, and with impaired cortisol response to stress. MDPI 2021-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8621977/ /pubmed/34834421 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm11111069 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Gisondi, Paolo Geat, Davide Bellinato, Francesco Spiazzi, Laura Danese, Elisa Montagnana, Martina Lippi, Giuseppe Girolomoni, Giampiero Psychological Stress and Salivary Cortisol Levels in Patients with Plaque Psoriasis |
title | Psychological Stress and Salivary Cortisol Levels in Patients with Plaque Psoriasis |
title_full | Psychological Stress and Salivary Cortisol Levels in Patients with Plaque Psoriasis |
title_fullStr | Psychological Stress and Salivary Cortisol Levels in Patients with Plaque Psoriasis |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychological Stress and Salivary Cortisol Levels in Patients with Plaque Psoriasis |
title_short | Psychological Stress and Salivary Cortisol Levels in Patients with Plaque Psoriasis |
title_sort | psychological stress and salivary cortisol levels in patients with plaque psoriasis |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8621977/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34834421 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm11111069 |
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