ABSTRACT
Objetivo: Establecer el comportamiento de la exacerbación de psoriasis asociado a estrés en pacientesde consulta externa del HUN y ESE José Prudencio Padilla, Clínica Sur de Barranquilla.Materiales y métodos: Estudio descriptivo transversal con análisis de casos y controles. Poblaciónestudiada, 385 pacientes (77 casos, 308 controles), asistentes a consulta externa en HUN y ESE JoséPrudencio Padilla, Clínica Sur de Barranquilla, quienes cumplieron criterios de inclusión y exclusión.La información fue recolectada mediante cuestionario, Test de stress Holmes/Rahe modificado y Testde conducta de Friedman/Rosenman, destinados a evaluar las variables: edad, sexo, estrés, tipo deconducta, antecedente familiar, consumo de alcohol, cantidad de consumo de alcohol, consumo decigarrillo, cantidad de cigarrillos consumidos, uso de betabloqueadores.
Objective: To establish the behavior of the exacerbation for Psoriasis associated with stress in patientsfrom external consultation of the HUN and the ESE José Prudencio Padilla Sur.Materials and methods: Descriptive transversal study with cases and controls analysis. Therewere studied 385 patients (77 cases, 308 controls), from the outpatient clinic of the HUN and theESE Jose Prudencio Padilla Sur, and filled the requirements criteria of inclusion and exclusion. Theinformation was collected using: questionnaire, Holmes/Rahe´s modified Stress Test and Friedman /Rosenman´s behavior Test. During evaluation the variables considered were: age, sex, stress, type ofconduct, family history, alcohol consumption, quantity of alcohol consumption, cigarette consumption,quantity of cigarette consumption and use of betablockers.Results. The average age of cases and controls: 29.9 and 28 years respectively, there was nostatistical difference in age between both groups with respect to age(t test: 1.84, p: 0.065) neithersex type (x²: 1.31, p: 0.25). When stress and psoriasis exacerbations were compared, a statisticalassociation was found (x²:...)