Quality of Life and Disease Severity Are Correlated in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis

Kim, Dong Ha; Li, Kapsok; Seo, Seong Jun; Jo, Sung Jin; Yim, Hyeon Woo; Kim, Churl Min; Kim, Kyu Han; Kim, Do Won; Kim, Moon‐Bum; Kim, Jin Woo; Ro, Young Suck; Park, Young Lip; Park, Chun Wook; Lee, Seung−Chul; Cho, Sang Hyun

doi:10.3346/jkms.2012.27.11.1327

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“…Thus, it was confirmed that as the disease duration increased, the life quality decreased [8,28,29], accompanied by more and more intensive feelings of helplessness and dissatisfaction with one's health and intensified care for external appearance. AD patients battle against the disease for many years and even the whole life, making immense day-to-day efforts to get rid of symptoms of the disease and mitigate the suffering.…”

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“…Tym samym potwierdzono, że wraz z czasem trwania choroby obniża się jakość życia [8,28,29], wzrasta poczucie bezradności i niezadowolenie ze stanu zdrowia oraz zwiększa się dbałość o wygląd zewnętrzny. Pacjenci z AZS przez wiele lat, a czasem przez całe życie podejmują ogromny, codzienny wysiłek, aby pozbyć się objawów chorobowych i zminimalizować swe cierpienie.…”

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Body image assessment and quality of life in patients with atopic dermatitis

Mikolajczyk¹,

Rzepa²,

Król³

et al. 2017

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Introduction. Atopic dermatitis is a chronic and recurrent inflammatory skin condition. Significant skin lesions caused by the condition contribute to a negative perception of one's body. A negative body image may cause or enhance negative mental state, which, in a vicious circle, contributes to aggravation of the disease symptoms and deterioration of life quality. Especially skin lesions occurring on visible parts of the body may lead to a lack of acceptance by other people. Objective. To determine the impact of body image on the life quality evaluation of patients with atopic dermatitis. Material and methods. The study included 59 patients (36 women and 23 men) with atopic dermatitis. The patients completed the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire, which measures the general body image perception, the Dermatology Quality of Life Index and a personal survey. Results and conclusions. Among the patients with atopic dermatitis, the general body image evaluation was not correlated with the perceived life quality, though some statistically significant correlations were found between this variable and four body image dimensions. No statistically significant differences were found between men and women with regard to life quality assessment, but it was found that the women differed from the men statistically significantly with regard to the following dimensions of body image: Health Orientation (p = 0.0344) and Overweight Preoccupation (p = 0.0155). Moreover, illness duration was shown to have an impact on life quality assessment as well as on the two following dimensions of body image: Appearance Orientation and Health Evaluation.

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Body image assessment and quality of life in patients with atopic dermatitis

Mikolajczyk¹,

Rzepa²,

Król³

et al. 2017

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“…Although previous studies investigated the impact of AD on children and their family [8910], little is known in dynamics among various factors associated with QoL in children and their family, particularly severity of disease and psychosocial aspects of parents such as life satisfaction and parenting stress. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the family QoL and associated factors of children with AD and parents, particularly focused on disease severity and psychosocial factors of parents.…”

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Family quality of life among families of children with atopic dermatitis

Jang

Hwang

Ahn

et al. 2016

Asia Pacific Allergy

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BackgroundAtopic dermatitis (AD) may cause emotional distress and impairs the quality of life (QoL) in children and their families.ObjectiveWe examined family QoL of children with AD and explored associated factors such as disease severity and psychosocial factors among parents of children with AD.MethodsStudy participants were 78 children (1 month to 16 years old) diagnosed with AD and their parents visiting an outpatient clinic of the Department of Pediatrics in Inha University Hospital. Data were collected using structured questionnaires and medical record review. Parents completed the Dermatitis Family Impact questionnaire (DFI), the Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Korean Parenting Stress Index. For children aged below 6-year-old, parents were asked to complete the Infants' Dermatologic Quality of Life. SCOring Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD), Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index, and the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory version 4.0 Generic Core Scale were also completed.ResultsThe mean age of parents and children were 37.4 ± 5.3 years and 65.1 ± 45.7 months, respectively. Among them, 87.2% of parents were mothers and 60.3% of children were boys. The mean score of DFI was 11.2 ± 6.0. The mean SCORAD score was 28.3 ± 16.1. Family who experienced strong negative emotionality had a 3.8 times higher probability of experiencing a lower QoL than parents who did not (odds ratio [OR], 3.82; p = 0.041). Family of children with higher severity of AD had a 6.6 times (OR, 6.55; p = 0.018) higher probability of experiencing a low family QoL than their less-severe counterparts. Families of girls with AD had a lower QoL (OR, 8.40; p = 0.003) than families of boys.ConclusionFamily QoL among parents of children with AD was low and associated with parent’s psychosocial characteristics as well as disease severity of the children. Considering parental involvement in AD management for children, emotional support for parents can be helpful in long journey of disease management.

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“…DLQI and ISS are reported in some of the pruetic conditions, listed in Table 4, with a review of the literature (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13). Our findings show that reactions to tattoos and their affection on quality of life attains the level of the above mentioned skin diseases, diseases that normally affect a much larger area than the typical tattoo reactions do.…”

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confidence: 47%