Original paper<br>Temperament and character profiles of patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria

Sevil Alan; Fatih Canan; Ayşe Akman Karakaş; Nihal Geçici

doi:10.5114/pdia.2015.48063

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Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii

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Original paper
Temperament and character profiles of patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria

Sevil Alan

,

Fatih Canan

,

Ayşe Akman Karakaş

,

Nihal Geçici

Postep Derm Alergol 2015; XXXII (3): 167–172

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pdia.2015.48063

Online publish date: 2015/06/10

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Introduction: Psychosocial factors have been implicated as being important in the onset and/or exacerbation of urticaria.

Aim: To examine both personality factors of patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) and the correlations between illness duration, severity of itching, urticaria activity score (UAS) and temperament-character dimensions.

Material and methods: A total number of 70 CIU patients and 60 healthy individuals were included in the study. The Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) was administered individually. The relationship between UAS, illness duration and severity of pruritus and TCI subscales were evaluated.

Results: The CIU group had significantly higher scores of novelty seeking and lower scores of cooperativeness, reward dependence and self-directedness than the control group.

Conclusions: The current study shows that CIU patients have distinctive temperament and character dimensions when compared with the control group. We suggest that evaluation and treatment of CIU should also include psychosomatic approaches in clinical practice.

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Original paperTemperament and character profiles of patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria

Sevil Alan , Fatih Canan , Ayşe Akman Karakaş , Nihal Geçici

character, chronic idiopathic urticaria, temperament

Original paper
Temperament and character profiles of patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria

Sevil Alan

,

Fatih Canan

,

Ayşe Akman Karakaş

,

Nihal Geçici