Features of the quality of life in patients with vitiligo

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Vitiligo is an acquired skin disease whose etiology is still unknown. It is observed in 0.51% of the world population. Medical and social significance is due to the impact on the psychological state of the patient and the quality of his life. AIMS: Analysis of the quality of life index in patients suffering from vitiligo. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The results of questionnaires filled out by 150 patients (95 women and 55 men) suffering from vitiligo were studied in the work. The average age of the subjects was 34.561.73 years. A survey was conducted among the subjects: patients were asked questions from a questionnaire specially developed by us. The work also used the Dermatological Life Quality Index (DIQI). The questionnaire was filled in by all patients independently at the initial examination. The results were processed using Microsoft Excel from the Microsoft Office software package and the Statistica software package for statistical analysis. RESULTS: The data obtained indicate that in all responses to the questions, the largest number of statements were classified as strongly/very strongly. This fact indicates a significant impact of this pathology on the quality of life of the subjects. The DLQI results also confirmed that the presence of vitiligo limits a persons quality of life to the maximum (in 41.3% of cases) and has a large negative impact (in 53.3% of cases). CONCLUSION: Performing further research on the study of quality of life in patients suffering from vitiligo is one of the promising areas for developing a personalized approach to managing this group of patients.