Associations between skin diseases and quality of life: a comparison of psoriasis, vitiligo, and alopecia areata

Associations between skin diseases and quality of life: a comparison of psoriasis, vitiligo, and alopecia areata

The goal of this study was to compare depression and quality of life in three auto immune diseases: psoriasis, vitiligo, and alopecia areata. From January 2009 until January 2010, 300 patients (100 with alopecia areata, 100 with psoriasis and 100 with vitiligo) who were randomly selected (by simple...

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Veröffentlicht in:Acta medica Iranica 2012, Vol.50 (7), p.511-515
Hauptverfasser: Ghajarzadeh, Mahsa, Ghiasi, Maryam, Kheirkhah, Shahrbanoo
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Alopecia areata
Alopecia Areata - physiopathology
Alopecia Areata - psychology
Depression
Depression - psychology
Humans
Iran
Psoriasis
Psoriasis - physiopathology
Psoriasis - psychology
Quality of Life
Skin Diseases - psychology
Vitiligo
Vitiligo - physiopathology
Vitiligo - psychology
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Zusammenfassung:The goal of this study was to compare depression and quality of life in three auto immune diseases: psoriasis, vitiligo, and alopecia areata. From January 2009 until January 2010, 300 patients (100 with alopecia areata, 100 with psoriasis and 100 with vitiligo) who were randomly selected (by simple random selection) from outpatient clinic of Razi Hospital (Center of Skin Diseases of Tehran University of Medical Sciences) were asked to answer to Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), SF-36 and Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) questionnaires. DLQI scores were significantly higher in psoriasis cases than others (12.8 ± 6.1, P
ISSN:0044-6025
1735-9694