Title Page
Contents
ABSTRACT 7
Ⅰ. Introduction 8
Ⅱ. Literature Review 10
2.1. Psoriasis and suicidality 10
2.2. Other chronic dermatologic disorders and suicidality 10
Ⅲ. Materials and methods 12
3.1. Database 12
3.2. Study population 12
3.3. Subgroup analysis 12
3.4. Outcome assessment 13
3.5. Covariates 13
3.6. Statistical analysis 14
Ⅳ. Results 15
4.1. Study population 15
4.2. Suicidality 15
4.3. Suicidal ideation 15
4.4. Suicide attempts 16
4.5. Completed suicides 16
Ⅴ. Discussion 17
Ⅵ. Conclusion 20
References 28
Abstract (in Korean) 37
〈Table 1〉 Baseline characteristics of psoriasis patient group 21
〈Table 2〉 Baseline characteristics of psoriasis-alone group and psoriatic arthritis group 22
〈Table 3〉 Baseline characteristics of mild psoriasis group and moderate-to-severe psoriasis group 23
〈Table 4〉 Risk of suicidality 24
〈Table 5〉 Risk of suicidal ideation 25
〈Table 6〉 Risk of suicide attempts 26
〈Table 7〉 Risk of completed suicides 27