Body dysmorphic disorder in patients with acne
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Participants
Participants were consecutive outpatient diagnosed with acne who applied to the general dermatology outpatient unit (Department of Dermatology, Gülhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey) between February 2000 and March 2001. The original sample included 718 subjects. However, 541 subjects with moderate or severe acne were excluded from the study. Sixteen of the subjects who were asked to participate did not wish to take part, and two subjects who had a real defect of appearance and whose
Results
Of the 159 subjects assessed, 35.8% (n = 57) were found to have dissatisfaction with some aspect of appearance. However, in the clinical evaluation only 8.8% (14/159) fulfilled the criteria for BDD.
Of the 14 acne patients with BDD, eight (57.1%) were male and six (42.9%) were female. In the non-BDD group, 79 (54.5%) were male and 66 (45.5%) were female. The difference between the two groups was not statistically significant (Fisher’s exact test, P > .05). Patients with BDD were significantly
Discussion
To our knowledge this report is the first empirical investigation of the prevalence of BDD in acne patients. We demonstrated that 8.8% of the patients with mild acne were diagnosed with BDD. Our results differ from those of Phillips et al.,10 who found that the rate of BDD in 268 patients seeking dermatologic treatment was 11.9%. However, their study sample was not limited to acne patients. The relatively low rates in our study also may due to the differences in methodologies. Phillips et al.
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