Healthy lifestyle behaviors and perceived stress in seborrheic dermatitis patients: A case-control study

Fatmanur Hacınecipoğlu; Gökçen Çelik; Ümran Öner; Pelin Kartal

doi:10.19161/etd.1680153

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Seboreik dermatit hastalarında sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları ve algılanan stres: Bir vaka-kontrol çalışması

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Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, seboreik dermatit (SD) hastalarında sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları ve algılanan stres ölçeklerini sağlıklı kontrollerle karşılaştırmak ve bu ölçütlerin hastalık şiddeti ve süresi ile ilişkilerini incelemektir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmaya 100 SD hastası ile 100 sağlıklı kişi dahil edildi. Katılımcılar tarafından Sağlıklı Yaşam Biçimleri Profili II (HPLP II) ve Algılanan Stres Ölçeği (PSS) anketleri dolduruldu. Grup karşılaştırmaları bağımsız t-testleri ve ki-kare testleri kullanılarak yapıldı, HPLP II skorları, SDASI, hastalık süresi ve PSS arasındaki ilişkiler Spearman korelasyon analizi ile incelendi. İstatistiksel anlamlılık p < 0,05 olarak belirlendi. Bulgular: HPLP II toplam skorlarında gruplar arasında anlamlı fark bulunmadı (p = 0,631). Ancak, SD hastaları, kontrollere göre anlamlı derecede daha düşük Manevi Gelişim (p = 0,025) ve Stres Yönetimi skorları (p = 0,038) ile anlamlı derecede daha yüksek Sağlık Sorumluluğu skorlarına (p = 0,027) sahipti. PSS skoru, seboreik dermatit hastalarında anlamlı şekilde daha yüksekti (p = 0,048). SD hastaları arasında, şiddetli hastalık durumunda Beslenme (p = 0,030) ve Stres Yönetimi skorları (p = 0,016) daha düşük bulundu. Ayrıca, Stres Yönetimi alt ölçeğinin SDASI (p = 0,030) ve hastalık süresi (p = 0,016) ile ters orantılı korelasyon gösterdiği tespit edildi. Sonuç: Bu sonuçlar, seboreik dermatitli hastalarda özellikle manevi gelişim ve stres yönetimi başta olmak üzere temel yaşam biçimi alanlarında eksiklikler olduğunu ve yüksek düzeyde algılanan stres varlığını ortaya koymaktadır. Bulgular, yaşam tarzı düzenlemeleri ile stres azaltıcı müdahalelerin seboreik dermatitte klinik sonuçları iyileştirme potansiyeline işaret etmekte ve gelecekteki bütüncül tedavi stratejileri için önemli bir zemin sunmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Healthy lifestyle behaviors and perceived stress in seborrheic dermatitis patients: A case-control study

Abstract

Aim: This study investigated health-promoting lifestyle behaviors and perceived stress in seborrheic dermatitis (SD) patients compared with healthy controls and examined the associations of these measures with disease severity and duration. Materials and Methods: One hundred SD patients and 100 healthy controls were enrolled. Participants completed the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP II) and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Group comparisons were performed using independent t-tests and chi-square tests, while Spearman correlation analysis evaluated associations among HPLP II scores, SDASI, disease duration, and PSS. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. Results: Overall HPLP II total scores did not differ significantly between groups (p = 0.631). However, SD patients had significantly lower Spiritual Growth (p = 0.025) and Stress Management scores (p = 0.038), and significantly higher Health Responsibility scores (p = 0.027) compared with controls. The PSS score was significantly higher in SD patients (p = 0.048). Among SD patients, severe disease was associated with lower Nutrition (p = 0.030) and Stress Management scores (p = 0.016). Additionally, the Stress Management subscale was inversely correlated with SDASI (p = 0.030) and disease duration (p = 0.016). Conclusion: These findings indicate that SD patients exhibit deficits in key lifestyle domains—particularly in spiritual growth and stress management—along with elevated perceived stress. The results underline the potential for lifestyle and stress reduction interventions to improve clinical outcomes in seborrheic dermatitis and provide a solid basis for future integrative treatment strategies.

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Etik Beyan

This study conducted at Ankara Etlik City Hospital after approval from the Institutional Ethics Committee (No: AEŞH-EK1-2023-006).

Teşekkür

We thank the study participants for their cooperation.

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Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Dermatoloji

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Fatmanur Hacınecipoğlu ^*
0000-0002-1027-9549
Türkiye

Gökçen Çelik
0000-0002-0032-5572
Türkiye

Ümran Öner
0000-0002-7119-9876
Türkiye

Pelin Kartal
0000-0001-7310-8635
Türkiye

Yayımlanma Tarihi

8 Aralık 2025

Gönderilme Tarihi

20 Nisan 2025

Kabul Tarihi

15 Ağustos 2025

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2025 Cilt: 64 Sayı: 4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.19161/etd.1680153

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https://izlik.org/JA74LL66NS

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1.Fatmanur Hacınecipoğlu, Gökçen Çelik, Ümran Öner, Pelin Kartal. Healthy lifestyle behaviors and perceived stress in seborrheic dermatitis patients: A case-control study. ETD. 01 Aralık 2025;64(4):674-81. doi:10.19161/etd.1680153