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Quality of life assessment among patients suffering from different dermatological diseases

OBJECTIVES: To assess the quality of life (QoL) of patients with different dermatological diseases. Multiple international studies have evaluated the QoL among patients with different dermatological diseases; however, few studies of this kind have been conducted in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This quanti...

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Autores principales: AlOtaibi, Hend M., AlFurayh, Nuha A., AlNooh, Bayan M., Aljomah, Nouf A., Alqahtani, Sadeem M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Medical Journal 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9149728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34732551
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.11.20210560
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author AlOtaibi, Hend M.
AlFurayh, Nuha A.
AlNooh, Bayan M.
Aljomah, Nouf A.
Alqahtani, Sadeem M.
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AlFurayh, Nuha A.
AlNooh, Bayan M.
Aljomah, Nouf A.
Alqahtani, Sadeem M.
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description OBJECTIVES: To assess the quality of life (QoL) of patients with different dermatological diseases. Multiple international studies have evaluated the QoL among patients with different dermatological diseases; however, few studies of this kind have been conducted in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This quantitative, observational, cross-sectional study was carried out in the dermatology outpatient clinics of King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from September 2019 until February 2020. Data was collected using the validated Arabic version of the Dermatology of Life Quality Index (DLQI). RESULTS: A total of 391 patients ≥18 years participated in the study. The mean age of participants was 33 years (18-75 years). Most participants in this study reported that their dermatological disease had a small or no effect on their QoL (62.5%). The majority of patients who had acne vulgaris (79.7%), vitiligo (79.3%), hair disorders (76.9%), or rosacea (71.5%) reported a small to no effects on their QoL. However, diseases that reflected the largest percentages of a large to extremely large effect on QoL were urticaria (37.1%), eczema (26.6%), and psoriasis (24%). A total of 42.9% of the participants suffered from lichen planus and 66.7% of participants suffered from cutaneous neoplasms reported a moderate effect on their QoL. CONCLUSION: Understanding the impact of different dermatological diseases on QoL can help dermatologists to improve thier patients’ QoL. Therefore, we recommend that further studies on this topic be conducted in multiple health centers.
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spelling pubmed-91497282022-06-23 Quality of life assessment among patients suffering from different dermatological diseases AlOtaibi, Hend M. AlFurayh, Nuha A. AlNooh, Bayan M. Aljomah, Nouf A. Alqahtani, Sadeem M. Saudi Med J Original Article OBJECTIVES: To assess the quality of life (QoL) of patients with different dermatological diseases. Multiple international studies have evaluated the QoL among patients with different dermatological diseases; however, few studies of this kind have been conducted in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: This quantitative, observational, cross-sectional study was carried out in the dermatology outpatient clinics of King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from September 2019 until February 2020. Data was collected using the validated Arabic version of the Dermatology of Life Quality Index (DLQI). RESULTS: A total of 391 patients ≥18 years participated in the study. The mean age of participants was 33 years (18-75 years). Most participants in this study reported that their dermatological disease had a small or no effect on their QoL (62.5%). The majority of patients who had acne vulgaris (79.7%), vitiligo (79.3%), hair disorders (76.9%), or rosacea (71.5%) reported a small to no effects on their QoL. However, diseases that reflected the largest percentages of a large to extremely large effect on QoL were urticaria (37.1%), eczema (26.6%), and psoriasis (24%). A total of 42.9% of the participants suffered from lichen planus and 66.7% of participants suffered from cutaneous neoplasms reported a moderate effect on their QoL. CONCLUSION: Understanding the impact of different dermatological diseases on QoL can help dermatologists to improve thier patients’ QoL. Therefore, we recommend that further studies on this topic be conducted in multiple health centers. Saudi Medical Journal 2021-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9149728/ /pubmed/34732551 http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.11.20210560 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.
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AlNooh, Bayan M.
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Alqahtani, Sadeem M.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9149728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34732551
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.11.20210560
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