title: Quality of life and disease severity are correlated in patients with atopic dermatitis.
abstract: Quantification of quality of life (QOL) related to disease severity is important in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD), because the assessment provides additional information to the traditional objective clinical scoring systems. To document the impact of AD on QOL for both children and adults as well as to quantify the relationship with disease severity, QOL assessments were performed over a 6-month period on 415 patients with AD. A questionnaire derived from the Infants' Dermatitis Quality of Life Index (IDQOL), the Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) and the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) was used to determine the QOL for 71 infants, 197 children and 147 adults, respectively. To measure AD severity, both the Rajka & Langeland scoring system and the Scoring of Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD) index were used. The mean scores were as follows: 7.7 ± 5.5 for IDQOL, 6.6 ± 6.3 for CDLQI, and 10.7 ± 7.9 for DLQI. In conclusion, these QOL scores are correlated with AD severity scores as estimated by the Rajka & Langeland severity score and the SCORAD. The outcome of the QOL instruments in this study demonstrates that atopic dermatitis of both children and adults affects their QOL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Ha
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kapsok
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Seong Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Sun Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Hyeon Woo
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Yim
authors.forename: Churl Min
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyu Han
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Do Won
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Moon-Bum
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young Suck
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Ro
authors.forename: Young Lip
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Chun Wook
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Seung-Chul
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sang Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult