Stigma Experienced by the Caregivers of Patients with Chronic Plaque Psoriasis.

Burden psoriasis psychosocial stigma

Journal

Indian dermatology online journal
ISSN: 2229-5178
Titre abrégé: Indian Dermatol Online J
Pays: India
ID NLM: 101586880

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Historique:
received: 09 05 2020
revised: 05 07 2020
accepted: 22 08 2020
entrez: 26 3 2021
pubmed: 27 3 2021
medline: 27 3 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory dermatosis associated with psychological morbidity. Very few studies have evaluated stigma among caregivers of patients with psoriasis. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of stigma and its correlates among the caregivers of patients with psoriasis. Forty-nine caregivers of patients with psoriasis were evaluated on psoriasis adapted version of caregiver of people with mental illness (CPMI) to assess internalized stigma, Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue Stigma Scale, Family Burden Inventory (FBI), Multidimensional aspect of perceived social support scale (PSS), Cognitive behavioral avoidance scale (CBAS), and Coping checklist. Majority of the caregivers were either spouse (42.8%) or parents (36.7%) of the patients. The caregivers were involved in the care of the patients for a mean duration of 6.5(SD; 4.8) years. On CPMI, the mean score was highest for the affective domain (3.1), this was followed by affective (2.9), and behavioral (2.9) domain. Very few (12.2%) caregivers reported significantly high caregiver burden. A higher level of stigma was associated with more often use of avoidance coping. Presence of higher social support was associated with higher level of stigma as assessed by using CPMI. A higher level of caregiver burden in all the domains of FBI was associated with higher level of stigma. Stigma is highly prevalent among the caregivers of patients with psoriasis. These findings suggest that there is an urgent need to identify the stigma and address the same.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory dermatosis associated with psychological morbidity. Very few studies have evaluated stigma among caregivers of patients with psoriasis.
OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of stigma and its correlates among the caregivers of patients with psoriasis.
METHODOLOGY METHODS
Forty-nine caregivers of patients with psoriasis were evaluated on psoriasis adapted version of caregiver of people with mental illness (CPMI) to assess internalized stigma, Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue Stigma Scale, Family Burden Inventory (FBI), Multidimensional aspect of perceived social support scale (PSS), Cognitive behavioral avoidance scale (CBAS), and Coping checklist.
RESULTS RESULTS
Majority of the caregivers were either spouse (42.8%) or parents (36.7%) of the patients. The caregivers were involved in the care of the patients for a mean duration of 6.5(SD; 4.8) years. On CPMI, the mean score was highest for the affective domain (3.1), this was followed by affective (2.9), and behavioral (2.9) domain. Very few (12.2%) caregivers reported significantly high caregiver burden. A higher level of stigma was associated with more often use of avoidance coping. Presence of higher social support was associated with higher level of stigma as assessed by using CPMI. A higher level of caregiver burden in all the domains of FBI was associated with higher level of stigma.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
Stigma is highly prevalent among the caregivers of patients with psoriasis. These findings suggest that there is an urgent need to identify the stigma and address the same.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33768031
doi: 10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_358_20
pii: IDOJ-12-110
pmc: PMC7982052
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

110-115

Informations de copyright

Copyright: © 2021 Indian Dermatology Online Journal.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

There are no conflicts of interest.

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Auteurs

Sandeep Grover (S)

Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Aseem Mehra (A)

Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Sunil Dogra (S)

Department of Dermatology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Nandita Hazari (N)

Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Nidhi Malhora (N)

Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Tarun Narang (T)

Department of Dermatology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Swapanjeet Sahoo (S)

Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Sunil Sharma (S)

Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Sanjeev Handa (S)

Department of Dermatology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Ajit Avasthi (A)

Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

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