Psychological stressors have been reported to precede the onset of psoriasis in 44% of patients, initiate recurrent skin flares in 88% of psoriatic and may worsen psoriasis severity and may even lengthen the time to disease clearance. This study aimed to: 1. Identifying the types of stressors, which are related to the forms and severity of clinical profile of psoriasis, 2. Identifying the types of psychosocial factors which are related to the forms and severity of clinical profile of psoriasis in Egyptian sample. Methods: One hundred and fifty patients randamised samples were collected from dermatological outpatient clinic affiliated to ministry of health and universities hospitals. All subjects were exposed to the followings: A full dermatological history including exacerbating factors. General examination to exclude chronic diseases. Clinical examination, Socioeconomic data will be collected for all patients. Holms and Rahe for assessment of stressors. Psoriasis area severity index. Results: The socio-demographic characteristics show that the mean age of patients with psoriasis of both sexes was 40.91 (standard deviation, SD 14.26) years, while the men:women ration was 2.66:1. Additionally, 68% of psoriatic patient were occupationally skilled person; 18% were unemployed ; 10% were professional and 4% were students. A significant relation between weather condition and type of
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