Quality of Life in the Vulvar Clinic

Hickey, Sian; Bell, Hazel Κ.

doi:10.1097/lgt.0b013e3181dc1e45

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“…Also, in this pilot study, according to HAM-A and HAM-D scores, 52% and 26% of patients with vulvar conditions had scores of eight and higher. Anxiety scores were the highest for vulvodynia, whereas the depression scores were the highest in erosive lichen planus and eczema 22. In our study, HAM-A scores were significantly higher in the VD group than in the control group.…”

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The Impact of Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases of Vulvar on Quality of Life

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ObjectivesThis study aimed to evaluate the effects of vulvar dermatoses (VD) and vulvar infections (VE) on anxiety, depression scores, general, and dermatological quality of life (QOL) of women.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional survey on patients diagnosed with VD and VE. All patients were assessed using a sociodemographic form, Skindex-29 scale, World Health Organization QOL (WHOQOL) BREF scale, Hamilton anxiety rating scale (HAM-A), Hamilton depression rating scale (HAM-D).ResultsHAM-A score was significantly higher in the VD group than in the control group. Based on age groups, all subscales of Skindex-29 were found to be higher in women > 50 years. For women with severe pruritus, the symptom subscale was higher in patients with skin involvement and the function and emotion subscales were higher in patients with and emotion subscales were higher in patients with mucosal involvement.ConclusionsWe found that VD was particularly significantly associated with decreased QOL.

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“…Hickey and Bell22 showed that 23 patients who underwent the Dermatology life Quality Index questionnaire in vulvar clinic were affected slightly, moderately, or severely. Also, in this pilot study, according to HAM-A and HAM-D scores, 52% and 26% of patients with vulvar conditions had scores of eight and higher.…”

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The Impact of Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases of Vulvar on Quality of Life

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“…It is proven that visiting a dedicated, multidisciplinary clinic is associated with an improvement in QoL (38). Therefore, a multidisciplinary, well-trained health care team of a dermatologist collaborating with a gynaecologist, urologist, (dermato-) psychologist or sexologist would be of excellent value for the comprehensive management of genital psoriasis and its implications.…”

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Genital Psoriasis Awareness Program: Physical and Psychological Care for Patients with Genital Psoriasis

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Hullu²,

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et al. 2015

Acta Derm Venerol

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Genital psoriasis is a neglected manifestation of psoriasis, although it affects numerous patients and has major effects on sexual quality of life (SQoL). We aimed to assess the value of specialised care for patients with genital psoriasis. Patients were treated for at least one year at a specialised research outpatient clinic with extensive attention for genital lesions and SQoL. The genital lesions were treated according to a stepwise algorithm. First follow-up was planned after 6 weeks; subsequent follow-up visits were scheduled every 3 months. At every visit, psoriasis severity and SQoL were measured with validated tools. Differences in scores between visits were analysed by a mixed model for repeated measures. Forty-two patients were included (M:F = 25:17). All objective and subjective genital psoriasis severity and QoL parameters improved significantly within the first follow-up period of approximately 6 weeks. In female patients, SQoL also significantly improved. In conclusion, genital psoriasis can relatively easy be treated within limited time exposure, resulting in significant improvement of QoL. Prompt and simple adjustments in the provided care are enough to accomplish this.

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“…They are also important in developing service provision, particularly for smaller subspecialty areas such as vulval dermatology. Furthermore, it has been shown by previous qualitative studies that vulval diseases cause a reduction in QoL 10,11 . It is therefore important that we use patient and clinician assessment tools when monitoring this condition.…”

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