成人型アトピー性皮膚炎患者における Quality Of Life とソーシャル・サポートについて : 心身症としてのアトピー性皮膚炎を考慮して

A first purpose of this study was to compare QOL(Quality of life) of adult atopic
dermatitis(AD) patients group with normal people group. A second purpose was to examine
the relations of QOL and Social Support in each of AD group of high tendency to
psychosomatic disorder(the high group) and AD group of low tendency(the low group).
The sample was comprised of three groups. 45 people were diagnosed as AD and were
going a hospital or a clinic (Clinical group A)， 33 people were college students and
contracted a disease in AD( Clinical group B)，and 147 people were college students and did
not contract a disease in AD(Normal group)
As result，first，as for Clinical group A，the Mental side of QOL was deteriorated more
significantly than other two group，and the Physical side of QOL was the highest.
Generally，It is said the Physical side of QOL changes greatly by age.This study couldn't
control the age of Clinical group A，so it was though that an error became big
Second，" Instrumental support "and "general healthy feeling" had negative correlation in
the low group. On the other hand，an equilateral correlation was examined on "emotional
support" and the Physical side of QOL in the high group.
It was suggested that "Instrumental Support" might become "Negative support" for AD
patients that a tendency to psychosomatic disorder was low. And，that，In the high group，
the vicious circle of "stress-scratch cycle" was cut off by social support .We need detailed
investigation in the future.