Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Skin Picking Disorder Symptoms Among Adults in an Arab Middle Eastern Population: A Cross-Sectional Study

Skin Picking Disorder (SPD) is a skin-related disease, also recognized as psychogenic excoriation, dermatillomania, or excoriation disorder. SPD is defined as a habitual picking of skin, which in turn harms skin tissue. Given the paucity of information on SPD symptoms, their prevalence, and risk fac...

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Published in:	Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology Vol. 15; pp. 2583 - 2591
Main Authors:	Khatib, Hazim Abdulkarim, Alghamdi, Waleed Ahmed, Subki, Ahmed Hussein, Butt, Nadeem Shafique, Alsallum, Mohammed Saad, Alsulaimani, Ahmed Salem, Alnajjar, Sara Faisal, Alzaidi, Fahad Daifallah, Alasmari, Abdulrahman Ali, Alshamrani, Hussein Mesfer, Al-Zaben, Faten, Koenig, Harold G
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01-01-2022 Taylor & Francis Ltd Dove Dove Medical Press
Subjects:	Adults Cross-sectional studies dermatillomania Emotions excoriation disorder Mental disorders Original Research Population prevalence Response rates Risk factors Shopping centers Skin skin picking disorder the skin picking scale-revised scale Variables Saudi Arabia prevalence risk factors The Skin Picking Scale-Revised scale excoriation disorder skin picking disorder dermatillomania
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Summary:	Skin Picking Disorder (SPD) is a skin-related disease, also recognized as psychogenic excoriation, dermatillomania, or excoriation disorder. SPD is defined as a habitual picking of skin, which in turn harms skin tissue. Given the paucity of information on SPD symptoms, their prevalence, and risk factors in Saudi Arabia, the present study seeks to fill this gap by investigating these factors in a community sample from Jeddah. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the city of Jeddah. The Skin Picking Scale-Revised (SPS-R) scale was administered to a convenience sample of 520 respondents. A partial least squares path model (PLS-PM) for "impairment" and "symptoms severity" subscales was assessed by evaluating the validity of measurement and structural models. Skin picking behavior was reported by 28.8% (n=150). A significant level of skin picking disorder symptoms was present in 1.2% (n=6). Skin picking visual effect, depressive symptoms, and being unmarried were the only positive independent predictors of the total SPS-R score. SPD symptoms are relatively common among the adult population in Jeddah, but those with threshold symptoms indicative of SPD are relatively few. Such behavior is particularly common in vulnerable groups such as those with depressive symptoms and the unmarried. More attention to this condition by clinicians will improve the quality of life of those affected, and reduce the emotional and physical health consequences of this often unrecognized condition.
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ISSN:	1178-7015 1178-7015
DOI:	10.2147/CCID.S348258