Psychodermatology in Hungary: Awareness and practice patterns of dermatologists

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11442057/pdf/SKI2-4-e419.pdf" target="_blank" >https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11442057/pdf/SKI2-4-e419.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ski2.419" target="_blank" >10.1002/ski2.419</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Psychodermatology in Hungary: Awareness and practice patterns of dermatologists

Original language description

Psychodermatology is an interdisciplinary branch of medicine between psychiatry /psychology and dermatology.Objectives: This study aimed to assess Hungarian dermatologists&apos; awareness, practice patterns and attitudes towards psychodermatology.Methods: A questionnaire-based survey was sent from October 2020 to June 2021 to 100 dermatologists (including residents in dermatology) in Hungary with a response rate of 51%. The participants were asked about understanding of the concept of psychodermatology and their training in this field, comfort in treatment, and interest in continuing medical education on dermatological disorders with psychological components.Results: 49% of the respondents understood psychodermatology as a bidirectional interaction of the patient&apos;s mental and dermatological conditions, and 25.5% were comfortable in treating psychodermatological patients. The most common dermatological diagnoses with psychological/psychiatric involvement reported were psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. Atopic dermatitis, anxiety, delusional parasitosis, and depression were the most common diagnoses when dermatologists referred patients to psychiatrists. In total, 76.5% of participants could not name any resource (magazine, website, etc.) for patients and their families where information about psychodermatology is available, and 58.8% showed a definite interest in attending training on psychodermatology.Conclusion: The results of our study suggest that Hungarian dermatologists have a high awareness of the term “psychodermatology”, and only a quarter of practitioners feel adequately equipped and comfortable managing patients with psychosomatic aspects in their treatment. The relatively large gap between the number of patients with a psychodermatological component and referrals by dermatologists to mental health specialists indicates the potential importance of more intensive collaboration between dermatologists, psychiatrists and/or psychologists.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30216 - Dermatology and venereal diseases

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Skin Health and Disease

ISSN

2690-442X

e-ISSN

2690-442X

Volume of the periodical

4

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

1-10

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85197233110