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The analysis of the 6-item Stigmatization Scale showed a mean stigmatization score of 6.4 points. (Me = 6; s = 3.7); the mean score for the 33-item scale was 81.3 points (Me = 79.5; s = 19.9). Female patients felt stigmatized more often than males. Respondents living in the countryside had a stronger sense of stigmatization in the Sensitivity to Others\u2019 Attitudes (p = 0.0238) and Secretiveness (p = 0.0234) domains. The presence of psoriatic lesions across the entire body was the only explanatory variable significantly determining the level of stigmatization in the Positive Attitudes domain, either through the main effect or through the interaction with the patient sex. A highly significant difference was found for the feeling of being flawed domain (p = 0.044), with a mean score of 13.4 points. The issue of stigmatization in psoriasis deserves more attention, as the analysis of this problem may provide a better insight into the effect of the disease on the patient\u2019s condition, not merely in the context of its clinical manifestation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12196425","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,9]],"date-time":"2023-10-09T12:51:04Z","timestamp":1696855864000},"page":"6425","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Stigmatization among Patients with Plaque Psoriasis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2174-4597","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Barbara","family":"Jankowiak","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Integrated Medical Care, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-096 Bia\u0142ystok, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"El\u017cbieta","family":"Krajewska-Ku\u0142ak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Integrated Medical Care, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-096 Bia\u0142ystok, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marta","family":"Jakoniuk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Invasive Neurology, Medical University of Bia\u0142ystok, 15-096 Bia\u0142ystok, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dzmitry F.","family":"Khvorik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatovenerology, Medical University of Grodno, 230009 Grodno, Belarus"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"314","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-2230.2001.00832.x","article-title":"Psoriasis\u2014Epidemiology and clinical spectrum","volume":"26","author":"Christophers","year":"2001","journal-title":"Clin. 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