Acne vulgaris: prevalence, beliefs, patients' attitudes, severity and impact on quality of life in Egypt

El-Khateeb, Ekramy A.; Khafagy, Naziha Hafez; Elaziz, Khaled M. Abd; Shedid, Ahmed M.

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2014.03.009

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“…Quality of life was evaluated similarly by both the men and the women in both groups of patients with dermatological diseases, with no statistically significant differences found between genders. This finding does not correspond with findings in other studies (Do et al, 2009;El-Khateeb et al, 2014) in which in patients with acne, women reported worse quality of life than men. According to Heretik (2007), levels of anxiety and depression should relate to the patient's age -the older the patient, the higher the level of mental health problems.…”

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“…According to our findings, both dermatological diseases affect quality of life, which has been confirmed by other studies. The effects on quality of life in patients with acne have been stated in several studies (Do et al, 2009;Tasoula et al, 2012;Yap, 2012;El-Khateeb et al, 2014). Quality of life affected by atopic dermatitis has also been described by several authors (Linnet, Jemec, 1999;Turčeková, 2012).…”

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“…Personality traits are also important in determining how patients cope with their state of health (Čáp, Holmanová, 2008). El-Khateeb et al (2014) describe anxiety and depression as consequences of acne as it is a disease which can be "seen". Patients are confronted by their social environment.…”

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The incidence of anxiety, depression, and quality of life in patients with dermatological diseases

Solgajová¹,

Sollár²,

Vörösová³

et al. 2016

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw

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Aim: The study aim was to establish the differences in the levels of anxiety, depression, and quality of life in patients with acne and atopic dermatitis, to examine differences related to gender, and to examine the relationship of levels of anxiety, depression, and quality of life to age and personality traits. Design: A cross-sectional study. Methods: The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) were used for data collection, and the Mini International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) was used for identification of five personality factors. Results: No statistically significant differences were found between patients with acne and patients with atopic dermatitis regarding levels of anxiety, depression, and quality of life. In terms of age, a difference was found only in the incidence of anxiety in the group of patients with acne; higher anxiety was found in women. There were no statistically significant differences in anxiety, depression, and quality of life related to age in patients with acne and atopic dermatitis. Significant relationships of the variables to personality traits were found in both groups. Conclusion: Knowing the factors influencing the incidence of mental health problems in patients with acne and atopic dermatitis helps in early nursing diagnosis of such problems, which can eliminate the negative impact of mental health problems on patients' quality of life.

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The incidence of anxiety, depression, and quality of life in patients with dermatological diseases

Solgajová¹,

Sollár²,

Vörösová³

et al. 2016

Cent Eur J Nurs Midw

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“…4,10 There are also contradictory reports with male predominance or equal representation of both sexes. 11,12 The males and females did not differ significantly in the mean age and the commonest age group and was similar to studies from India and Iran. 3,10,13 Like in other studies, majority were students and were unmarried.…”

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Impact of Acne Vulgaris on the Quality of Life

Swathylekshmy¹,

Jayapalan²

2017

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BACKGROUND Acne vulgaris is one of the most common skin diseases worldwide. It affects more than 85% of adolescents and two-thirds of young adults. Face is the commonest site affected. The discomfort, pain, scarring and associated seborrhoea frequently result in psychosocial morbidity. Aims-To study the impact on the quality of life of acne patients using Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) questionnaire and to find out the sociodemographic and clinical determinants of DLQI. MATERIALS AND METHODS A hospital based cross-sectional study design was adopted. A structured questionnaire was used to collect sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. Severity of acne was assessed by Global Acne Grading System (GAGS) score and quality of life by DLQI questionnaire. DLQI was expressed as mean, and student's t test, one way ANOVA and Pearson's correlation coefficients were used as the tests of significance. RESULTS Acne affected the quality of life in 94% of patients. Small effect on the quality of life was seen in 37%, moderate effect in 31% and large effect in 25% and extremely large effect in 1%. Statistically significant (P< 0.001) correlation was seen between the quality of life and severity of acne. The difference in mean DLQI of patients with and without seborrhoea was statistically significant (P=0.045). CONCLUSION Acne has an impact on the quality of life of patients. Quality of life measure helps to identify patients who are vulnerable to psychological complications. A quality of life measure can be incorporated as an integral part of acne management.

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“…The differences in the findings of various studies higlight the social, behavioral and cultural factors, differences in population characteristics and individual perception. In our study, both the CADI and the DLQI scores were in postive correlaiton with GAGS score as previous studies [14,22,27,28]. Unlike the CADI score; the DLQI score was not corralated with GAGS score among patients who have acne lesions on forehead.…”

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Akne vulgaris hastalarının değerlendirilmesi için hangi yaşam kalite ölçeği kullanılmalıdır? CADI ya da DYKİ? Bir prospektif çalışma

Tatlıparmak

Aksoy

Karadağ

2019

Archives of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

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Aim: Acne vulgaris is one of the most common diseases that affects quality of life. While the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) is the most frequently used life quality index for dermatologic disorders, the Cardiff Acne Disability Index (CADI) is an acne-spesific quality of life scale. The aim of this study was to determine which scale should be more appropriate and practical to evaluate the quality of life in acne patients and to compare the differences between two scales. Methods: Acne scores of 273 patients who were admitted to the dermatology outpatient clinic between December 2015 and November 2016 were determined by the Global Acne Grading System (GAGS) (range 0 to 44). The DLQI (range 0 to 30) and CADI scores (range 0 to 20) were calculated to evaluate the effect of patients' quality of life. Results: The mean GAGS score of the patients was 20.3, and the mean of CADI score was 6.1, while the mean of DLQI was 6.0. There was a significant positive correlation between total GAGS score and CADI and DLQI (r=0.639, p<0.001). When the relationship between the distribution of acne lesions and quality of life scales was evaluated; CADI score was significantly higher in the forehead localization group than in the non-forehead localization group (p=0.012), and the CADI and DLQI scores were higher in the upper back group than the group without back localization (p=0.001and p= 0.017 respectively). Conclusion: In our study, it was observed that the DLQI and CADI scales were not superior to each other in evaluating the quality of life in patients with acne. Besides, we think that the effect of quality of life on facial acne cases can be determined more clearly with CADI scale.

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Acne vulgaris: prevalence, beliefs, patients' attitudes, severity and impact on quality of life in Egypt

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The incidence of anxiety, depression, and quality of life in patients with dermatological diseases

The incidence of anxiety, depression, and quality of life in patients with dermatological diseases

Impact of Acne Vulgaris on the Quality of Life

Akne vulgaris hastalarının değerlendirilmesi için hangi yaşam kalite ölçeği kullanılmalıdır? CADI ya da DYKİ? Bir prospektif çalışma

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