Table IV.

Correlations between disease severity, duration of skin disease, level of concern regarding disease, and scales

	Age		Disease severity		Duration of skin disease		Level of concern over skin disease
	rho	p	rho	p	rho	p	rho	p
Dermatology Life Quality Index	–0.077	0.264	0.251	< 0.001	0.041	0.569	0.422	< 0.001
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
Anxiety	0.059	0.393	–0.002	0.971	0.022	0.761	0.266	< 0.001
Depression	0.076	0.275	0.103	0.138	0.038	0.598	0.279	< 0.001
EuroQol 5 dimensions
Mobility	0.050	0.471	–0.041	0.554	0.084	0.238	0.144	0.036
Self-care	0.069	0.324	–0.058	0.403	0.014	0.846	0.157	0.023
Usual activities	0.133	0.053	0.117	0.093	0.054	0.45	0.180	0.009
Pain or discomfort	0.197	0.004	0.083	0.232	0.149	0.036	0.126	0.068
Anxiety or depression	0.004	0.950	0.046	0.506	–0.093	0.191	0.310	< 0.001
Health state	–0.131	0.061	–0.134	0.055	–0.029	0.685	–0.214	0.002