title: Assessment of Quality of Life in Patients With Skin Disorders Undergoing Ayurvedic Panchakarma (Biopurification) as Management.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Chronic skin conditions can have a negative impact on one's quality of life, affecting their physical, functional, and emotional well-being. Whereas biopurifactory measures (panchakarma) of Ayurveda claims to provide better quality of life after treatment. Hence current study is planned to provide evidence in patients with skin disorders, undergoing Ayurvedic treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty patients with skin disorder, who underwent purification therapies like therapeutic emesis and therapeutic purgation, were randomly placed in 2 groups to assess quality of life. Quality of life assessment was done with the help of Skindex-29 among the patients before and after Ayurvedic purification therapy. Thereafter, the quality of life assessment was done on the first follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A statistically significant improvement in the quality of life domains-emotions, functioning, and symptoms-after the Ayurvedic management was observed with P value <.001.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Study concludes that there is improvement in quality of life among patients with skin disease after undergoing Ayurveda purification therapies.
authors.affiliation: SDM College of Ayurveda and Hospital, Hassan, Karnataka, India drharishdeshpande@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Harish
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Deshpande
authors.affiliation: SDM College of Ayurveda and Hospital, Hassan, Karnataka, India.
authors.lastname: Shivakumar
authors.affiliation: SDM College of Ayurveda and Hospital, Hassan, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Kavita
authors.affiliation: SDM College of Ayurveda and Hospital, Hassan, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Tripathy
authors.affiliation: SDM College of Ayurveda and Hospital, Hassan, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Ashutosh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaturvedi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008515:Medicine, Ayurvedic; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Ayurveda; Panchakarma; quality of life; skin diseases