Association of Perceived Stress with Atopic Dermatitis in Adults: A Population-Based Study in Korea.
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a widely prevalent skin disease that affects both children and adults. The aim of the study was to assess the association of perceived stress (single-item, self-reported) with AD (self-reported) in a sample of Korean adults using a cross-sectional research design. A cross-sectional study was conducted using data from 33,018 adults aged 20 years and older collected in the 2007-2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (KNHANES). An increased level of self-reported stress was positively associated with an increased prevalence of AD in Korean adults (p for trend <0.001). After adjusting for covariates, the odds ratios (ORs) of AD among participants reporting high and very high levels of stress were 1.81 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.22, 2.67) and 2.17 (95% CI: 1.38, 3.42), respectively, compared with those who reported low levels of stress. This study found a statistically significant association between perceived stress and AD among Korean adults.
['Park|Hyejin|H|', 'Kim|Kisok|K|']
D000328:Adult D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic D005260:Female D006801:Humans D008297:Male D009749:Nutrition Surveys D016017:Odds Ratio D015995:Prevalence D056910:Republic of Korea D013312:Stress, Physiological D055815:Young Adult
perceived stress atopic dermatitis KNHANES adult population