Gender differences in vitiligo: psychological symptoms and quality of life assessment description.

Autor:	Samela T; Clinical Psychology Unit, Istituto Dermopatico Dell'Immacolata, (IDI) IRCCS, Rome, Italy.; Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Istituto Dermopatico Dell'Immacolata, (IDI) IRCCS, Rome, Italy., Malorni W; Center for Global Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy., Matarrese P; Center for Gender-Specific Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy., Mattia G; Center for Gender-Specific Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy., Alfani S; Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Istituto Dermopatico Dell'Immacolata, (IDI) IRCCS, Rome, Italy., Abeni D; Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Istituto Dermopatico Dell'Immacolata, (IDI) IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in psychology [Front Psychol] 2023 Dec 20; Vol. 14, pp. 1234734. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 20 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1234734
Abstrakt:	Objective: Assuming that the difference exist in the manifestation of psychological suffering among genders, the purpose of this review is to summarize the current knowledge on gender differences in vitiligo quality of life and psychological assessment. Methods: We searched in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases for original articles in English language. Results were screened according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA checklist). Results: The study yielded 107 results; 12 articles have been evaluated as eligible. Each eligible study has been screened and analyzed. The study's qualitative evaluation revealed that 8 papers were classifiable as satisfactory, 4 were classifiable as unsatisfactory. The agreement between the coders was high (% agreement = 84.6%; Cohen's kappa = 0.79). All considered researches (100%) were cross-sectional studies, based on self-report questionnaires. From our analysis, women with vitiligo had a higher risk to experience lower quality of life, and worse mental health in a wide range of psychopathology symptoms than men. A wide heterogeneity of tools is used to investigate the quality of life and psychological symptoms among these patients. Conclusion: Unfortunately, there are few explanatory models proposed in the literature to rationalize these findings. It will be important to investigate in further researches the specific influence of known risk factors for psychopathology in this population to better explore these phenomena. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2023 Samela, Malorni, Matarrese, Mattia, Alfani and Abeni.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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