Risk of psychiatric disorders in rosacea: A nationwide, population‐based, cohort study in Taiwan

Rosacea has been reported to be associated with psychiatric disorders. Nevertheless, a nationwide study of the relationship between rosacea and comorbid psychiatric diseases in an Asian population has not been conducted. The aim of this study was to clarify the role of rosacea in the various psychia...

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Published in:Journal of dermatology 2019-02, Vol.46 (2), p.110-116
Main Authors: Hung, Chih‐Tsung, Chiang, Chien‐Ping, Chung, Chi‐Hsiang, Tsao, Chang‐Huei, Chien, Wu‐Chien, Wang, Wei‐Ming
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Behavior disorders
Cohort analysis
Comorbidity
depression
Health risk assessment
Mental depression
Mental disorders
obsessive–compulsive disorder
Population studies
Population-based studies
psychiatric disorders
Rosacea
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Summary:Rosacea has been reported to be associated with psychiatric disorders. Nevertheless, a nationwide study of the relationship between rosacea and comorbid psychiatric diseases in an Asian population has not been conducted. The aim of this study was to clarify the role of rosacea in the various psychiatric disorders by using a nationwide database in Taiwan. Data were obtained from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan from 2000 to 2013. In total, 7881 patients with rosacea and 31 524 age‐ and sex‐matched controls were enrolled. Patients with rosacea tended to have more coexisting psychiatric disorders. After adjusting for age, sex, comorbidity and residence/regions, the adjusted hazard ratio (HR) of psychiatric disorders for patients with rosacea was 2.761 (95% CI = 2.650–2.877, P 
ISSN:0385-2407
1346-8138
DOI:10.1111/1346-8138.14705