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Quality of Life in Patients with Skin Disease and Their Cohabitants

In: Health-Related Quality of Life - Measurement Tools, Predictors and Modifiers

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  • Trinidad Montero-Vilchez
  • Manuel Sanchez-Diaz
  • Antonio Martinez-Lopez
  • Salvador Arias-Santiago

Abstract

Health evaluation implies assess multidimensional aspects of a person's development, such as physical, social, psychological, and emotional features. It is important to consider all these factors to apply a needs-oriented each patient approach. Chronic skin diseases have a great impact on quality of life, even more than other chronic conditions. For example, hidradenitis suppurativa is estimated to impair quality of life more than cardiovascular disease, lung disease or endocrine diseases. Multiple tools have been developed to measure health-related quality of life in patient, being the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) the most used. Psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa, acne, atopic dermatitis and hair disorders are those with the greatest impact on patients' quality of life. Moreover, chronic skin conditions impair not only patients' quality of life, but also cohabitants. Nevertheless, there is scarce information regarding the impact on their cohabitants. So, the objective of this chapter is to review the literature to assess the psychological and social effects of dermatological conditions both on patients and cohabitants.

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  • Trinidad Montero-Vilchez & Manuel Sanchez-Diaz & Antonio Martinez-Lopez & Salvador Arias-Santiago, 2022. "Quality of Life in Patients with Skin Disease and Their Cohabitants," Chapters, in: Jasneth Mullings & Sage Arbor & Medhane Cumbay & Andrea McPherson & Mona Sue Ho (ed.), Health-Related Quality of Life - Measurement Tools, Predictors and Modifiers, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:224697
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.97450
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    Keywords

    Acne; Alopecia; Atopic Dermatitis; Cohabitants; Hidradenitis Suppurativa; Psoriasis; Quality of Life;
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    JEL classification:

    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets

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