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Health-related quality of life in dermatological and allergo-dermatological patients

Magdalena Świnoga
,
Małgorzata Kłos
,
Joanna Miniszewska
,
Anna Zalewska-Janowska

Post Dermatol Alergol 2012; XXIX, 2: 69–73
Online publish date: 2012/04/24
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Introduction: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) denotes the effect of disease on patient’s daily functioning and well-being. Although mostly not life-threatening, dermatological diseases exert a significant impact on patient’s quality of life.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to compare HRQoL between allergo-dermatological and dermatological patients in relation to different socio-demographic factors.

Material and methods: One hundred patients of the Centre of Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma and Allergy in Lodz were included in the study. The following methods were used: DLQI, Skindex-29, Pruritus Evaluation Questionnaire and Visual Analogue Scale.

Results: Allergo-dermatological patients complained more often of such symptoms as burning, bleeding, pruritus and pain (burden of symptoms, Skindex-29) as compared to dermatological ones. The longer the disease duration, the lower HRQoL in allergo-dermatological patients was. In dermatological patients, more impaired HRQoL, measured by DLQI, was observed in males. Pruritus significantly impaired HRQoL in both studied groups.

Conclusions: Pruritus intensity seems to be a very important factor decreasing patients’ HRQoL, thus psychomedical instruments should be focused on this symptom. Worse HRQoL in allergo-dermatological patients suffering longer from the disease should prompt to offer appropriate psychological help to this group of patients.
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health-related quality of life, dermatology, allergology, pruritus, itching

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