Evaluation of The Relevance of Urgency in Dermatological Patients Admitted to The Emergency Department with The Relationship Between Anxiety, Depression Levels and Dermatological Quality of Life: A Prospective Observational Study
Abstract
Objectives: In this
study, it was aimed to define the demographic data of the patients admitted to
the emergency clinics with dermatological complaints, to determine the rate of
the true dermatologic emergency cases, the dermatology life quality index, and
to define the reasons why patients without dermatological emergencies admitted
to Emergency clinics, their psycho-social backgrounds with Beck Anxiety and
Depression Inventory.
Materials and Methods: It was a
single-center prospective observational and questionnaire-based study. The
patients older than 18 years of age who admitted to the emergency department
due to dermatological emergencies were included in the study. In this study,
the patients who were admitted to the emergency department were consulted by
the dermatology specialist after their initial diagnosis and treatment was done
by the emergency physicians. Demographic data, dermatology life quality index,
scores of Beck Anxiety and Depression Inventory were recorded.
Results: The average age of 200
patients was 40.5 (16.39) and 116 of the patients (58%) were female. The
duration of the most frequent complaint was 1 month and over (n = 58, 29%). The
true dermatological patient group was 29.5% of all patients. The most common
reason for the hospital admission was that the patients thought that their
condition was urgent (47.50%). The most common complaint for hospital admission
was urticaria (24%). According to dermatology life quality index, 79 (39.5%)
patients were affected moderately. The mean value of all patients was 15.22
+12.56 according to the Beck anxiety inventory, while the mean value was
12.88.9 according to the Beck depression inventory. When the patients were
divided into two groups according to Beck depression-anxiety inventory and
dermatology life quality index, there was no statistically significant
difference between the two groups in terms of gender, age, marital status,
education level, income level, duration of complaint, and the reason for
admission. However, there was a statistically significant difference between
groups in terms of gender according to Beck anxiety inventory (p = 0.029).
Conclusion: In our study, the
patients coming from the emergency department were evaluated by dermatology
physician in a short time, so more accurate diagnosis and rapid treatment
opportunities were provided and unnecessary medical approaches and costs were
prevented. We believe that increased anxiety levels are an important factor in
patients admitting to the emergency department. Therefore, awareness-raising
campaigns should be beneficial in preventing frequent admission by social media
and hospital-based studies focusing on this issue.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
28 Haziran 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
22 Mayıs 2019
Kabul Tarihi
29 Mayıs 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 19 Sayı: 2