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August 26, 2010
Patients With Psoriasis May Have Increased Risk For Psychiatric Conditions.
Medscape (8/20, Barclay) reported that, according to a study published in the August issue of the Archives of Dermatology, "risk for psychiatric conditions may be increased in patients with psoriasis."
For the study, researchers, "using a General Practice Research Database of data collected as part of patients' electronic medical records from 1987 to 2002...identified 146,042 patients with mild psoriasis, 3956 patients with severe psoriasis, and 766,950 patients without psoriasis." Notably, "compared with control subjects, patients with psoriasis had adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for diagnoses of depression, anxiety, and suicidality of 1.39 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.37 - 1.41), 1.31 (95% CI, 1.29 - 1.34), and 1.44 (95% CI, 1.32 - 1.57), respectively.
Posted by admin at August 26, 2010 08:07 PM