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Published on: July 11, 2013
Smoking Cigarettes and Consuming Alcohol in Patients with Psoriasis
Eldina Malkic Salihbegovic1, Nermina Kurtalic2, Esed Omerkic1
1Health Center Zivinice, Zivinice, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Introduction:
Psoriasis is a chronic disease. Research shows the emergence of harmful habits such as cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption in people with psoriasis.
Aim:
The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of habits, cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption in patients with psoriasis, sexual distribution, and the relationship of habits with the severity of the disease.
Methods:
The prospective study included 129 subjects with psoriasis, of which 67 or 51,94% were women and 62 or 48,06% were men.
Results:
The frequency of cigarette smoking was 41,09%, alcohol consumption 24,80%. The gender distribution of cigarette smoking was: 35,82% of women and 46,77% of men smoked cigarettes. The gender distribution of alcohol consumption is: women 5,97% and men 45,16%. The severity of psoriasis, that is PASI score and cigarette smoking were statistically significantly related (r=0,63), and PASI score and alcohol consumption were not statistically significantly related (r=0,32).
Conclusion:
Cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption are present in psoriasis sufferers, cigarette smoking is associated with disease severity, and alcohol consumption is not. It takes knowledge of the habits of people with psoriasis and a multidisciplinary approach to get rid of harmful habits.
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