To Study the Personality Characteristics and Quality of Life in Psoriasis Patients

This study aimed to anlayse the personality characteristics and quality of life in psoriasis patients. Sample consisted of 50 psoriasis patients who had attended OPD of skin and VD department in M.D.M.hospital, attached to Dr S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur and compared with 50 matched normal healthy controls. Results showed 64 % of psoriasis patients scored high on neuroticism and 30% scored high on extroversion and 16% scored high on psychoticism as compared to 44 %, 52% and 4% of controls respectively. Score of subjective well being inventory suggest that 52% of psoriasis patients had poor quality of life i.e. negative sense of well being as compare to 18 % of control group. Thus we may conclude that significant psoriasis patients belong to neuroticism, type of personality traits along which negative sense of well being which leads to disturbed mental health equilibrium.