Health-related quality of life and its association with alexithymia and difficulties in emotion regulation in patients with psoriasis

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in psoriasis patients could be negatively affected by medical (e.g., obesity) and psychological (e.g., depression, anxiety, and alexithymia) conditions the presence of which suggests difficulties in understanding and regulating inner states and emotions. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate HRQoL and its association with obesity and difficulties in understanding and regulating inner states and emotions in patients with psoriasis. A second objective was to examine whether the presence of difficulties in understanding and regulating inner states and emotions may mediate the association between psoriasis and poor HRQoL.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - August 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Marco Innamorati, Rossella M. Quinto, Claudio Imperatori, Viviana Lora, Dario Graceffa, Mariantonietta Fabbricatore, David Lester, Anna Contardi, Claudio Bonifati Source Type: research