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Impact of Palmoplantar Dermatoses on Quality of Life
BACKGROUND: Palmoplantar dermatoses are commonly found in dermatological practice. Quality of life (QOL) is severely impaired if these areas are affected. Early and appropriate management of palmoplantar dermatoses help in improving patient's QOL. AIM: To assess the impact of palmoplantar derma...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6137659/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30258797 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_347_17 |
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author | Singhal, Rochit Diwan, Nilofar G. Nair, Pragya A. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Palmoplantar dermatoses are commonly found in dermatological practice. Quality of life (QOL) is severely impaired if these areas are affected. Early and appropriate management of palmoplantar dermatoses help in improving patient's QOL. AIM: To assess the impact of palmoplantar dermatoses on QOL. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients with palmoplantar dermatoses with or without other body part involvement were enrolled in the study. QOL was assessed by Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) questionnaire for >16 years of age and by Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) questionnaire for 5–16 years of age. RESULTS: Two hundred and two patients participated, of which 108 (53.46%) were males and 94 (46.53%) were females. The commonest age group affected was 17–40 years (42.57%). Housewives 61 (30.2%) and laborers 53 (26.2%) were most common occupational group affected. The mean DLQI and CDLQI scores were 7.68 and 7.46, respectively. Fifty-seven (28.21%) patients had palmoplantar psoriasis (PPP), 35 (17.32%) had palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK), and 26 (12.87%) had hand eczema (HE) with mean DLQI scores 8.60, 8.53, 8.60, and CDLQI scores 8.40, 8.28, and 8.26, respectively. In both DLQI and CDLQI, questions on symptoms and feelings scored maximum. Gender, age, occupation, duration, progress, and type of dermatosis did not show statistically significant association with DLQI. However, chronic recalcitrant dermatoses such as PPP, PPK, and HE showed significant impairment in QOL in relation to occupation and duration of disease. LIMITATION: Severity of various palmoplantar dermatoses was not graded and therefore relation between severity of various dermatoses and QOL was not established. CONCLUSION: Majority of patients with palmoplantar dermatoses especially those having chronic course had significant impairment in their QOL. |
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spelling | pubmed-61376592018-09-26 Impact of Palmoplantar Dermatoses on Quality of Life Singhal, Rochit Diwan, Nilofar G. Nair, Pragya A. Indian Dermatol Online J Original Article BACKGROUND: Palmoplantar dermatoses are commonly found in dermatological practice. Quality of life (QOL) is severely impaired if these areas are affected. Early and appropriate management of palmoplantar dermatoses help in improving patient's QOL. AIM: To assess the impact of palmoplantar dermatoses on QOL. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients with palmoplantar dermatoses with or without other body part involvement were enrolled in the study. QOL was assessed by Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) questionnaire for >16 years of age and by Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) questionnaire for 5–16 years of age. RESULTS: Two hundred and two patients participated, of which 108 (53.46%) were males and 94 (46.53%) were females. The commonest age group affected was 17–40 years (42.57%). Housewives 61 (30.2%) and laborers 53 (26.2%) were most common occupational group affected. The mean DLQI and CDLQI scores were 7.68 and 7.46, respectively. Fifty-seven (28.21%) patients had palmoplantar psoriasis (PPP), 35 (17.32%) had palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK), and 26 (12.87%) had hand eczema (HE) with mean DLQI scores 8.60, 8.53, 8.60, and CDLQI scores 8.40, 8.28, and 8.26, respectively. In both DLQI and CDLQI, questions on symptoms and feelings scored maximum. Gender, age, occupation, duration, progress, and type of dermatosis did not show statistically significant association with DLQI. However, chronic recalcitrant dermatoses such as PPP, PPK, and HE showed significant impairment in QOL in relation to occupation and duration of disease. LIMITATION: Severity of various palmoplantar dermatoses was not graded and therefore relation between severity of various dermatoses and QOL was not established. CONCLUSION: Majority of patients with palmoplantar dermatoses especially those having chronic course had significant impairment in their QOL. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6137659/ /pubmed/30258797 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_347_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Singhal, Rochit Diwan, Nilofar G. Nair, Pragya A. Impact of Palmoplantar Dermatoses on Quality of Life |
title | Impact of Palmoplantar Dermatoses on Quality of Life |
title_full | Impact of Palmoplantar Dermatoses on Quality of Life |
title_fullStr | Impact of Palmoplantar Dermatoses on Quality of Life |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Palmoplantar Dermatoses on Quality of Life |
title_short | Impact of Palmoplantar Dermatoses on Quality of Life |
title_sort | impact of palmoplantar dermatoses on quality of life |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6137659/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30258797 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_347_17 |
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