Is Acne a Skin Disease Affecting the Brain Functions? Neurocognition in Patients With Acne Vulgaris

Bezmialem Vakif University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acne Vulgaris

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01931774

Etik Kurul Karar No:36/14

Details and patient eligibility

About

Acne vulgaris usually causes psychological distress, depression, and anxiety disorders that may impair neurocognitive functions such as memory, attention, psychomotor speed, and executive functions, which are also common psychiatric disorders in patients with acne.

The purpose of this study is to determine cognitive functioning in treatment naive acne patients, without a history of any psychiatric disorder.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

The participants that had a symptom or a history of mental retardation (IQ < 70), serious head trauma, seizures or any other mental disorder, and participants on any medical treatment will be excluded. Participants with a family history (first degree relatives) of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder will also be excluded to avoid the negative effect of these disorders on cognitive functions. The same exclusion criteria will also be applied to the control group.

Trial design

66 participants in 2 patient groups

Acne Patients

Control Subjects

Description:

From General Population