Triana Agustin; Githa Rahmayunita; Rinadewi Astriningrum; Eliza Miranda; Erdina HD Pusponegoro; Sandra Widaty
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Background: Seborrheic dermatitis (SD) is an inflammatory disease affecting seborrheic areas of the skin. Scalp SD varies from mild, manifesting as dandruff, to erythematous lesions with greasy scales. SD negatively affects patients’ quality of life.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study investigating ...
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Background: Seborrheic dermatitis (SD) is an inflammatory disease affecting seborrheic areas of the skin. Scalp SD varies from mild, manifesting as dandruff, to erythematous lesions with greasy scales. SD negatively affects patients’ quality of life.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study investigating the relationship between quality of life and disease severity in patients with dandruff and scalp SD at the Dermatology and Venereology Outpatient Clinic, of Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital. SD severity was assessed by the modified Seborrheic Dermatitis Area and Severity Index (SDASI), and quality of life was assessed by the Indonesian version of the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI).Results: A total of 96 subjects with scalp SD were recruited, comprising 86 subjects with mild SD and 10 subjects with moderate SD. DLQI scoring revealed 5 subjects (5%) felt no effect of SD at all on their lives, 10 subjects (10%) felt small effect, 38 subjects (40%) felt moderate effect, 32 subjects (33%) felt very large effect, and 2 subjects (2%) felt extremely large effect on their lives. There is no significant difference between SD severity with the average DLQI score in the mild SD group (8.73 ± 4.9) and the moderate SD group (9.30 ± 6.13), P=0.737. Furthermore, no significant difference was found between the DLQI scores in the male (9.86 ± 4.7) and female (8.18 ± 5.13) groups, P=0.116. Spearman’s correlation analysis revealed no significant relationship between age and DLQI scores (r=-0,104, P=0,313).Conclusions: Our study concludes that SD negatively affects the quality of life.
Abedini Robabeh; Lajevardi Vahideh; Hallaji Zahra; Khodashenas Zohre; Zafar Fatemeh; Nasimi Maryam
Volume 19, Issue 4 , 2016, , Pages 113-118
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Background: Psoriasis is a chronic skin disorder that can significantly affect a patient’s quality of life (QoL). The goal of this study was to determine the QoL in patients with psoriasis and to investigate the correlation between the QoL, demographic data, and clinical severity of psoriasis.Methods: ...
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Background: Psoriasis is a chronic skin disorder that can significantly affect a patient’s quality of life (QoL). The goal of this study was to determine the QoL in patients with psoriasis and to investigate the correlation between the QoL, demographic data, and clinical severity of psoriasis.Methods: This prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted from April 2014 to January 2015. One hundred patients with plaque type psoriasis from the Phototherapy Clinic of Razi Hospital, Tehran, Iran were selected and asked to complete questionnaires. The Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI) to measure the severity of psoriasis, and the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) was used for the assessment of the quality of life.Results: The total DLQI score of the all participants was between 0 and 29 with a mean score of 10.6 ± 6.4. The DLQI scores ranged from “very large” to “extremely large” in 45% of the patients. The mean score was 9.2 ± 6.6 in the male group and 12.1 ± 5.9 in the female group, which showed a statically significant difference (P=0.02). Other variables associated with an impaired QoL were age (P=0.002) and PASI (P=0.01). The impact on QoL was higher in younger patients, and in patients with higher PASI scores.Conclusion: In conclusion, although psoriasis is a benign disorder, this study confirms our initial hypothesis that psoriasis significantly impairs the QoL, which is more pronounced in younger patients, women, and patients with a more severe disease (higher PASI scores).