Table 5.

Stigmatization levels and quality of life according to the presence of psoriatic lesions on exposed and unexposed body parts

Psychometric measures	Presence of psoriatic lesions on exposed and unexposed body parts						p
	No (N = 36)			Yes (N = 52)
	$\overline{x}$	s	95% CI	$\overline{x}$	s	95% CI
Stigmatization domains (33-i.s.)
Anticipation of rejection	20.4	7.1	18.0–22.8	22.9	6.1	21.3–24.6	0.0725
Feeling of being flawed	13.6	5.3	11.8–15.4	14.0	5.5	12.4–15.5	0.7324
Sensitivity to the opinions of others	12.8	4.8	11.1–14.4	13.6	5.1	12.2–15.0	0.3863
Guilt and shame	14.4	3.0	13.3–15.4	15.9	3.8	14.8–16.9	0.0360*
Positive attitudes	9.6	2.9	8.6–10.5	9.0	2.6	8.2–9.7	0.3122
Secretiveness	11.0	3.3	9.9–12.1	11.1	3.9	10.0–12.2	0.9562
DLQI	13.4	8.2	10.7–16.2	13.2	8.1	10.9–15.4	0.8296

p values from the Student t test

* indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05)