Psychological Features of Systemic Sclerosis: Results from an Observational Study

Overview

Journal Front Med (Lausanne)

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2024 Dec 23

PMID 39712185

Authors

Sara Romanazzo

Caroline Rometsch

Alessia Marangoni

Serena Guiducci

Fiammetta Cosci

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Abstract

Objectives: (a) Assessing mental disorders, psychological distress, psychological wellbeing in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc); (b) identifying psychological features independently contributing to the status of having the diagnosis of SSc.

Methods: Two hundred SSc outpatients were compared with 100 healthy subjects. Mental disorders were assessed via the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). Self-reported rating scales were administered: Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI), Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R), Psychological Well Being scales (PWB). General linear models allowed to verify which psychological feature would individually make unique contributions to overall status of having the diagnosis of SSc.

Results: Major depressive episode/disorder, panic disorder were more prevalent among patients with SSc ( < 0.05); SCL-90-R somatization and depression were more severe ( < 0.05) in SSc; PWB personal growth, positive relationships with others, purposes in life were poorer ( < 0.05) in patients with SSc if compared to healthy controls. The final general linear model, accounting for 20.4% of variance, showed that having the diagnosis of SSc was associated to lower SCL-90-R paranoid ideation and poorer PWB relationships with others.

Conclusion: SSc showed to present psychological features in need of assessment since some of them individually made unique contributions to overall status of having the SSc diagnosis.

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