Chronic idiopathic urticaria and anxiety symptoms
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Chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) is a frequently disabling disease with a negative influence on the quality of life, and can cause psychopathological symptoms, such as anxiety. Our aim is to study further anxiety symptoms on CIU patients. Both CIU patients and the control group were studied by means of validated scales for psychopathology symptoms, psychological variables and quality of life. In this study, we reported high levels of anxiety symptoms. We found statistically significant correlations between anxiety symptoms, some personality dimensions, insecure attachment styles, alexithymia and with some quality of life dimensions. CIU patients exhibit high levels of psychological distress that could potentiate difficulties at several domains, namely social, emotional, general health perception and interpersonal relationships.
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Urticaria can lead to sleep problems, difficulties in everyday activities, and a strong increase in anxiety and stress.
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- Authors
- Barbosa, F., Freitas, J., & Barbosa, A.
- Affiliations
- Hospital de Santa Maria (PT)
- Corresponding author
- Barbosa, Filipe
- Venue
- Journal of Health Psychology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2011-04-01
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1038-1047
- ISSN
- 1359-1053 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7277
- OpenAlex
- W2093029881
- Cited by
- 70
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 1.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Health Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Rheumatology › Urticaria and Related Conditions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- chronic spontaneous urticaria, anxiety symptoms, quality of life, psychological distress, personality factors, insecure attachment, alexithymia, psychopathology
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Anxiety, Chronic Disease, Depression, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personality, Portugal, Quality of Life, Regression Analysis, Urticaria
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