Relationship between alcohol consumption and skin disorders. A cross sectional and controlled study

Objective: Certain skin diseases have been associated with increased alcohol consumption. Our aim was to investigate whether alcohol use and addiction have any effect on dermatologic diseases and relationship between alcohol consumption and cutaneous disease.
Method: A total of 100 patients with psychiatric comorbidity and diagnosed with psychodermatologic disease (psoriasis, acne, chronic uticaria, psychogenic pruritus, alopecia areata), 60 patients with chronic dermatosis and 74 healthy subjects were enrolled to this study. They were given a questionnaire including sociodemographic characteristics, the history of the disease, the questions aimed to examine relationship between alcohol use and cutaneous disease, and Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST). All data were assessed statistically.
Results: The ratio of alcohol consumption in our study population was 14,9%. The prevalence percentages of alcohol usage in the group of psychodermatologic diseases, in the group of chronic diseases and normal population were 18%, 8,3% and 16,2% respectively. This difference between the groups was not significant statistically (p=0.236). In terms of MAST score, the difference between the groups was not significant statistically (p=0.075). However, the relationship between alcohol and skin disease could not been evaluated because of the rate of alcohol use was low.
Conclusion: Patients with dermatologic diseases associated with psychosocial morbidity did not consume more alcohol than patients with other chronic diseases and normal population. However, because of different sociocultural effects, there is a need of broad-scale and multicenter studies for more determinative results.

Alkol tüketimi ve deri hastalýklarý arasýndaki iliþki: Kesitsel kontrollü bir çalýþma

Amaç: Bazý deri hastalýklarý artmýþ alkol tüketimi ile iliþkilidir. Amacýmýz farklý deri hastalýklarýnda alkol kullanýmýnýn artýp artmadýðý ve baðýmlýlýk düzeyine gelip gelmediðini sorgulamak ayrýca hastalýk ile alkol tüketimi arasýndaki iliþkiyi deðerlendirmekti.
Yöntem: Psikiyatrik komorbiditesi olan ve psikodermatolojik hastalýk tanýsý alan 100 hasta (psöriazis, akne, kronik ürtiker, psikojenik pruritus, alopesi areata) ve kontrol grubu olarak psikiyatrik komorbiditesi olmayan psikodermatolojik hastalýk dýþýnda kronik dermatozu olan 60 hasta ve 74 saðlýklý birey çalýþmaya alýnarak, tüm katýlýmcýlara sosyodemografik özellikleri, hastalýk öyküsü, alkol kullaným süresi ve deri hastalýðý-alkol kullaným iliþkisini sorgulamayý amaçlayan anket formu ve Michigan Alkolizm Tarama Testi (MATT) dolduruldu. Veriler istatistiksel olarak analiz edildi, p<0.05 anlamlý kabul edildi.
Bulgular: Araþtýrmaya katýlan 234 bireyin sadece 35’i (%14,9) günlük hayatýnda alkol kullanýyordu. Alkol kullaným oraný psikiyatrik komorbiditenin eþlik ettiði psikodermatolojik hastalýk grubunda %18 (n: 18), kronik dermatozu olan hasta grubunda %8,3 (n: 5), normal popülasyonda ise %16,2 (n: 12) saptandý, aradaki fark istatistiksel olarak anlamlý deðildi (p=0,236). Araþtýrmaya katýlan gruplar arasýnda MATT puaný açýsýndan istatistiksel olarak anlamlý bir farklýlýk tespit edilmedi (p=0.075). Hastalýk-alkol tüketimi arasýndaki iliþki ise alkol kullaným oranýn düþük olmasýndan dolayý deðerlendirilemedi.
Sonuç olarak psikososyal morbidite ile iliþkili dermatolojik hastalýðý olan hastalar, diðer kronik dermatozu olan hastalara ve saðlýklý bireylere oranla daha fazla alkol kullanmýyordu. Bununla birlikte farklý sosyokültürel etkiler nedeniyle daha belirleyici sonuçlar için geniþ ölçekli ve çok merkezli çalýþmalara gereksinim vardýr.