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Alexithymia and acne vulgaris: a case control study
Didem Sunay1, Murat Baykir, Gülfem Ateş
1Department of Dermatology, Ministry of Health, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Objective:
To assess relationship between alexithymia and acne vulgaris in young people.
Methods:
A hundred and eleven subjects between 15 and 25 years of age referred to out-patient clinic of dermatology with acne and 78 subjects applied to family physician for complaints other than acne were included in patient and control groups of the study, respectively. A questionnaire to determine demographic characteristics, an acne classification to determine severity of acne and Toronto Alexithymic Scale (TAS) to assess alexithymia were used.
Results:
The mean scores of TAS were 52.7±10.8 and 51.7±10.7 in patient and control groups, respectively. Alexitymia was determined in 23.4% of the subjects in acne group and in 24.4% of control group. No significant differences were found between groups in terms of alexithymia, intermediate alexitymia and three-factors of TAS.
Conclusion:
Alexithymia does not appear to be related to acne vulgaris.
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