title: Quality of life in acne vulgaris: Relationship to clinical severity and demographic data.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acne vulgaris is known to impair many aspects of quality of life. However, the correlation of this impairment with clinical severity remains equivocal despite various school, community and hospital-based studies.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  A hospital-based study was undertaken to measure the impairment of quality of life of patients of acne vulgaris and correlate it with the severity of lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study in a cohort of 100 patients of acne vulgaris attending the outpatient department of our referral hospital. A physician measured the severity of lesions using the global acne grading system, and patients assessed quality of life by completing a questionnaire (Cardiff acne disability index). A correlation of these two was done; some additional correlations were brought out through demographic data collected from the patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no correlation between the severity of acne vulgaris and an impaired quality of life. Patients who consumed alcohol and/or smoked cigarettes were found to have an impaired quality of life. While the severity of acne progressively lessened in older patients, the impact on quality of life increased.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The sample size was small and there was a lack of guaranteed reliability on the self-reported quality of life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The severity of acne vulgaris does not correlate with impairment in quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College and Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Aayush
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Yugal Kishor
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Kedar Nath
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Dash
authors.forename: Nitin Dinkar
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Chaudhari
authors.forename: Sumit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jethani
mesh_terms: D000152:Acne Vulgaris / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult