1. Association of Stress with Symptoms of Atopic Dermatitis
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Byung Gi Bae, Kwang Hoon Lee, Ji Yeon Noh, Chang Ook Park, Il Ho Park, Sang Ho Oh, and Wen Hao Wu
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,Adolescent ,Biopsy ,Dermatology ,Anxiety ,Substance P ,Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone ,Severity of Illness Index ,Eczema Area and Severity Index ,Dermatitis, Atopic ,Atopy ,Young Adult ,Quality of life ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Internal medicine ,Nerve Growth Factor ,Republic of Korea ,Severity of illness ,medicine ,Humans ,Neuropeptide Y ,Child ,Skin ,Depression ,business.industry ,Pruritus ,Beck Depression Inventory ,General Medicine ,Dermatology Life Quality Index ,Atopic dermatitis ,Middle Aged ,Prognosis ,medicine.disease ,Immunohistochemistry ,Case-Control Studies ,Quality of Life ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Stress, Psychological - Abstract
Psychological stress and atopic dermatitis (AD) symptoms appear to form a vicious cycle. This study compared the degree of stress and impairment of dermatology life quality between patients with AD and healthy controls, and examined for neuropeptides and neurotrophins associated with stress in AD. Questionnaires, comprising five tests evaluating depression, anxiety, interaction anxiousness, private body consciousness, and dermatology life quality, were examined in age- and sex-matched patients with AD (n = 28) and healthy controls (n = 28). Immunohistochemical staining of nerve growth factor, substance P, corticotrophin-releasing factor receptor and neuropeptide Y was performed in the AD-involved and normal skin. Patients with AD showed high scores on all of the questionnaires, including Beck Depression Inventory, state anxiety, trait anxiety, Interaction Anxiousness Scale, Private Body Consciousness subscale, and Dermatology Life Quality Index. All of the parameters, except for Beck Depression Inventory, showed higher values in AD than healthy controls (p
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- 2010