Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa Negatively Perceive Both Medical and Euphemistic Appellations of Their Disease: A Study From Turkey
Background: The use of medical terms and folk names (euphemisms) affect a patient’s understanding of diseases and perceptions of severity. Objectives: We determine the psychological effects on patients with hidradenitis suppurativa of medical and folk names of their disease. Methods: This was...
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oai:doaj.org-article:af3c4993c0bd4ee2b62736b8fa748b982021-11-15T15:17:22ZPatients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa Negatively Perceive Both Medical and Euphemistic Appellations of Their Disease: A Study From Turkey10.5826/dpc.1104a922160-9381https://doaj.org/article/af3c4993c0bd4ee2b62736b8fa748b982021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://dpcj.org/index.php/dpc/article/view/1604https://doaj.org/toc/2160-9381 Background: The use of medical terms and folk names (euphemisms) affect a patient’s understanding of diseases and perceptions of severity. Objectives: We determine the psychological effects on patients with hidradenitis suppurativa of medical and folk names of their disease. Methods: This was a cross-sectional and exploratory study conducted at a tertiary referral university hospital in Turkey. A questionnaire on the medical and folk names of hidradenitis suppurativa was administered to 31 males and 25 females. Results: The patients expressed that they found the medical term hidradenitis suppurativa to be incomprehensible because it is a foreign term. When hearing it for the first time, it evoked negative responses such as confusion and worry about their health. Half of the patients preferred their doctors to use a more understandable and pronounceable name. More than 80% of patients expressed feeling depressed and stigmatized by the folk name of their disease. They preferred the terms boils, abscesses, or hidradenitis when referring to their disease. Conclusion: Both medical and folk names for hidradenitis suppurativa have negative effects on patients, and most patients feel stigmatized by either term. Gulsen AkogluPelin EsmeIrem YildizMattioli1885articleeuphemismfolk namemedical appellationpsychodermatologyhidradenitis suppurativaDermatologyRL1-803ENDermatology Practical & Conceptual (2021) |
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Background: The use of medical terms and folk names (euphemisms) affect a patient’s understanding of diseases and perceptions of severity.
Objectives: We determine the psychological effects on patients with hidradenitis suppurativa of medical and folk names of their disease.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional and exploratory study conducted at a tertiary referral university hospital in Turkey. A questionnaire on the medical and folk names of hidradenitis suppurativa was administered to 31 males and 25 females.
Results: The patients expressed that they found the medical term hidradenitis suppurativa to be incomprehensible because it is a foreign term. When hearing it for the first time, it evoked negative responses such as confusion and worry about their health. Half of the patients preferred their doctors to use a more understandable and pronounceable name. More than 80% of patients expressed feeling depressed and stigmatized by the folk name of their disease. They preferred the terms boils, abscesses, or hidradenitis when referring to their disease.
Conclusion: Both medical and folk names for hidradenitis suppurativa have negative effects on patients, and most patients feel stigmatized by either term.
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Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa Negatively Perceive Both Medical and Euphemistic Appellations of Their Disease: A Study From Turkey |
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Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa Negatively Perceive Both Medical and Euphemistic Appellations of Their Disease: A Study From Turkey |
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