Psychological Assessment of Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Single versus Multiple Keloids: A Cross-Sectional Study
Lian Zhang*, MD, PhD, Yanyu Du*, MD, Dan Sun*, MD, PeiPei Huang, Renliang He#, MD, Bin Yang#, MD
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BACKGROUND
Keloids are chronic fibroproliferative disorders that cause significant physical disfigurement and psychological distress. While the psychosocial burden of keloids is documented, the differential impact of lesion multiplicity remains unclear.
CONCLUSION
Multiplicity of lesions is a significant, independent risk factor for depression in keloid patients, dissociated from physical symptom severity.
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