Psychometric Evaluation of Patients With Atopic Dermatitis and Comparison With Patients With Psoriasis

Psychometric Evaluation of Patients With Atopic Dermatitis and Comparison With Patients With Psoriasis | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Psychometric Evaluation of Patients With Atopic Dermatitis and Comparison With Patients With Psoriasis Konstantinos Kontoangelos, Stamatis Gregoriou, Elisavet Koutrouli, and 3 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8135270/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted 7 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Atopic dermatitis and psoriasis are two dermatological diseases that affect the mental health of patients. The purpose of this research is to investigate the comparison of the psychometric characteristics of two groups of patients with psoriasis and atopic dermatitis respectively focusing on depression, personality, hostility and psychosomatic burden. Τhe sample was consisted by 100 patients with psoriasis and 40 patients with atopic dermatitis, respectively. Specific questionnaires were given for the psychometric evaluation of patients with atopic dermatitis and psoriasis. The Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI), the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) the Brief Symptom Inventory SCL-90 scale, and the HDHQ questionnaire (Psychometric Hostility and Direction of Hostility Questionnaire). Patients with atopic dermatitis have statistically significantly higher scores on the scale of somatization and paranoid ideation, while patients with psoriasis have statistically significantly higher scores on the scale of depression. On the personality scales, patients with atopic dermatitis have on average statistically significantly higher scores on the psychoticism scale and lower scores on the lying scale than the psoriatic patients. Patients with atopic dermatitis present statistically significantly higher scores on the scale of paranoid hostility than patients with psoriasis. Patients receiving medication as well as the interaction of disease group with receiving medication are statistically significantly related to the psychopathology index. Patients' scores on the psychotic scale of the EPQ are statistically significantly related to the duration of the illness and the patient group, gender and medication intake. The psychosocial effects of psoriasis and atopic dermatitis on patients' mental health are demonstrated in the present study based on patient scores on psychometric scales and psychopathology index. Psoriasis Atopic Dermatitis Psychosomatic Personality Psychiatry Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Review Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 10 Feb, 2026 Reviews received at journal 25 Jan, 2026 Reviewers agreed at journal 21 Jan, 2026 Reviewers invited by journal 20 Jan, 2026 Editor assigned by journal 19 Nov, 2025 Submission checks completed at journal 19 Nov, 2025 First submitted to journal 17 Nov, 2025 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. 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