Occurrence and risk factors of mental disorders in patients with chronic urticaria

Misbah Noshela Ghazanfar; Jennifer Astrup Sørensen; Ditte Zhang; Nikolaj Kondrup Holgersen; Christian Vestergaard; Simon Francis Thomsen

doi:10.1016/j.waojou.2023.100835

Occurrence and risk factors of mental disorders in patients with chronic urticaria

World Allergy Organ J. 2023 Oct 31;16(11):100835. doi: 10.1016/j.waojou.2023.100835. eCollection 2023 Nov.

Authors

Misbah Noshela Ghazanfar¹, Jennifer Astrup Sørensen¹, Ditte Zhang¹, Nikolaj Kondrup Holgersen¹, Christian Vestergaard², Simon Francis Thomsen^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Department of Dermatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
³ Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of mental disorders in patients with chronic urticaria (CU) in a cohort of adult outpatients. Mental disorders occurred in almost one-sixth of the patients with CU, depression (9.7%), and anxiety (5.0%) being the most prevalent conditions. Furthermore, a significant difference in impairment of quality of life was seen between patients with mental disorders compared to patients without. Although, the prevalence of mental disorders in patients with CU is high, larger clinical studies are needed to investigate and understand the association and risk factors of mental disorders in patients with CU.

Keywords: Chronic urticaria; Comorbidities; Mental disorders; Prevalence; Quality of life.