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IJ Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
IJPBS is the Official Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
e-ISSN 1735-9287
p-ISSN 1735-8639
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Outline
Effect of Convenient Dermatologic Intervention on Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Eczematous Dermatitis
Authors
1Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Department of psychiatry, Hafez hospita, Shiraz, Iran
2Departments of Dermatology, Fasa University of medical sciences, Fasa, Iran
3Departments of Psychiatry, Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Department of psychiatry, Hafez hospita, Shiraz, Iran, Tel: +98-9177122871 Email: marjananvar@yahoo.com
Published online:Dec 31, 2010
Article type:Research Article
Received:Mar 03, 2009
Accepted:Jul 21, 2010
How to Cite:Anvar M, Lohrasb MH, Javadpour A. Effect of Convenient Dermatologic Intervention on Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Eczematous Dermatitis. Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci. 2010;4(2):. doi:
Abstract
Objective: There is some evidence that chronic skin diseases like dermatitis could affect the quality of life of sufferers. In addition, patients with dermatological disorders are at greater risk to develop psychiatric morbidity. The aim of this study was to explore the quality of life in patients with chronic eczematous dermatitis. We also examined the effect of a convenient dermatologic intervention on quality of life of the participants.
Methods: Fifty patients with chronic dermatitis (29 females and 21 males with mean age of 29.3 years) were recruited. Data were collected before and after six weeks of dermatological treatment using Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and a sociodemographic questionnaire. The relevant data were analyzed using paired t test.
Results: Mean base score for dermatology life quality index in our sample was 10.94, which was within low limits of averaged for their norm. Moreover, after 6 weeks of treatment, quality of life significantly improved particularly in domains of symptoms and feeling.
Conclusion: Dermatologic diseases like chronic dermatitis influence quality of life of patients. Even a feasible dermatologic intervention could significantly improve the quality of life in people who are suffering from such disabling illnesses.
Declaration of interest: None.
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