title: The Impact of Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases of Vulvar on Quality of Life.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to evaluate the effects of vulvar dermatoses (VD) and vulvar infections (VE) on anxiety, depression scores, general, and dermatological quality of life (QOL) of women.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a cross-sectional survey on patients diagnosed with VD and VE. All patients were assessed using a sociodemographic form, Skindex-29 scale, World Health Organization QOL (WHOQOL) BREF scale, Hamilton anxiety rating scale (HAM-A), Hamilton depression rating scale (HAM-D).
  
  
  RESULTS
  HAM-A score was significantly higher in the VD group than in the control group. Based on age groups, all subscales of Skindex-29 were found to be higher in women > 50 years. For women with severe pruritus, the symptom subscale was higher in patients with skin involvement and the function and emotion subscales were higher in patients with and emotion subscales were higher in patients with mucosal involvement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found that VD was particularly significantly associated with decreased QOL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kıymet Handan
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kelekçi
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Selçuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Özyurt
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Özkan
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Şemsettin
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Karaca
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karakuzu
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: İlgül
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Bilgin
keywords: Communicable diseases; Inflammation; Quality of life; Vulva; Women's health