An evaluating of the relationship between body image, body satisfaction, depression, marital quality, and self-esteem in patients with psoriasis

Psoriasis is a chronic skin condition that is associated with psychological disorders and can have a negative impact on the individual, family, and social aspects of affected people. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between body image and satisfaction, depression, marital quality, and the mediating role of self-esteem in patients with psoriasis. This study is a correlational path-analysis has conducted on patients with psoriasis. A total of 165 patients were selected using a convenience sampling method for 6 months. Data collection was carried out using Fisher's Body Image Scale, Suoto and Garcia's Body image satisfaction Questionnaire, Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Questionnaire, Quality of Marriage Index (QMI), Depression subscale psychiatric Symptom Check-List 90, and a demographic questionnaire. Descriptive tests, Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis were used to evaluate of the model. The mean age of patients was 36.62 +/- 9.5. Based on the path analysis of eight direct paths, three following paths were not significantly related to each other and thus excluded from the model: body image-depression, body image-marital quality, and body satisfaction-marital quality (P>0.05). Another five paths were significant (P<0.05). The results of this study can help healthcare to providing a better intervention to patients with psoriasis.