Life quality assessment among patients with vitiligo: comparison of married and single patients in Iran.
OBJECTIVE
Vitiligo is known to affect the quality of social and personal life in some countries. This study aims to assess the quality of life (QOL) in vitiligo sufferers among the Iranian population and to evaluate its relation with different variables.


METHODS
One hundred vitiligo patients answered a questionnaire based on the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI).


RESULTS
The mean DLQI score was 8.16. There were statistically significant relationships between DLQI scores and marital status, skin phototype, and disease extension independently.


CONCLUSIONS
This study shows that vitiligo has a major impact on the QOL of patients in Iran. Hence dermatologists should pay attention to the psychological effects of this cosmetic disease and try to decrease its extension and disfiguring effects by various treatments.
Dolatshahi
Marjan
M
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ghazi
Payam
P
Feizy
Vida
V
Hemami
Mohsen Rezaei
MR
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012847:Single Person / Q000523:psychology*; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult