Psychological Stress, Significant Life Occurrences, Exhaustion, and Disposition in Individuals Diagnosed with Psoriasis

Abstract

Objective: Examine the relationship between psoriasis patients' temperament profiles, levels of perceived stress, and the impact of life events on their condition.

Methods: Psoriasis sufferers and healthy controls were both included in this cross-sectional study. Scores on the Multidimensional Assessment of Fatigue, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the number of life events were used to compare the two groups. For this purpose, we administered the Temperament Evaluation of the Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego Auto questionnaire to each of the two classes.

Summary: Participants in the study included 75 individuals with psoriasis (mean ± SD age, 44.94 ± 13.62 years) as well as 75 healthy controls (mean ± SD age, 41.10 ± 8.89 years). Life event presence, PSS score, exhaustion, and temperament profiles were all areas where the two groups differed statistically. A greater PSS score was observed in psoriasis patients who exhibited depressive, cyclothymic, or anxious temperament traits. Positive correlations between the number of life events and the PSS scores were observed in the psoriasis group.

Psoriasis was discovered to be associated with stress and life events. Perceived stress levels were higher in psoriasis patients with depressed, cyclothymic, or anxious temperament profiles.