Study of social anxiety and its relationship to clinical variables in patients of acne vulgaris

Dr.Dimple Dadarwala; Dr. Bindoo Jadhav; Dr. Hemangee Dhavale

Volume : VI, Issue : V, May - 2017

Study of social anxiety and its relationship to clinical variables in patients of acne vulgaris

Dr. Dimple Dadarwala, Dr. Bindoo Jadhav, Dr. Hemangee Dhavale

Abstract :

INTRODUCTION Acne vulgaris is chronic inflammatory disorder. Acne can have negative psychological impact manifesting in social situation as fear of having their faces being scrutinized by others which may lead to social anxiety. With this background, this study was conducted to 1) study social anxiety acne patients 2) find out relationship between social anxiety and clinical variables of acne. METHODOLOGY 100 patients of acne studied. Acne severity graded using Global Acne Grading System. Subjective grading of acne done by patient on visual analogue scale. Social anxiety was assessed using Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale. Data thus collected subjected to statistical analysis. RESULTS Social anxiety was observed in 36% of the acne patients. In acne patients who had social anxiety lesions were severe severe and were localized mostly on face. CONCLUSIONS Acne vulgaris has potential to cause significant psychological distress and affect social functioning.