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The Psychiatric Facet of Hyperhidrosis

2014; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 20; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/01.pra.0000452570.69578.31

1538-1145

Larissa da Rocha Lessa, Flávio Barbosa Luz, Rebeca Maffra de Rezende, Sandra Maria Barbosa Durães, Ben J. Harrison, Gabriela B. de Menezes, Leonardo F. Fontenelle,

Migraine and Headache Studies

We compared the sociodemographic and psychiatric features of treatment-seeking patients with (n=17) and without (n=29) primary hyperhidrosis (HYH) attending an outpatient dermatological clinic. Subjects were assessed with a structured clinical questionnaire, the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, as well as the Screening for Abnormal Olfactory Experiences (to assess for symptoms of olfactory reference syndrome), the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised, the Social Phobia Inventory, the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories, the Skindex-16 (a quality of life measure for patients with skin diseases), and the Sheehan Disability Scale. Patients with HYH were more frequently younger (p=0.003), unmarried (p=0.004), employed (p=0.019), more educated (p 0.001) dimensions, and they had a greater frequency of comorbid social anxiety disorder (p=0.019). Conversely, non-HYH patients had greater severity of obsessive-compulsive neutralization symptoms (repeating compulsions, counting, and having lucky/unlucky numbers) (p=0.034). In conclusion, patients with HYH are characterized by differential sociodemographic and psychopathological characteristics, with major disability, marked impairment in quality of life, and increased rates of social anxiety disorder. (Journal of Psychiatric Practice 2014;20:316–323)