Quality of life, emotion dysregulation, attention deficit and psychiatric comorbidity in children and adolescents with vitiligo

Autor: İlknur Ucuz, Dursun Turkmen, N.A. Kavuran, Serpil Sener, Cemil Colak, Mucahit Marsak, Nihal Altunisik
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 46:510-515
ISSN: 1365-2230
0307-6938
DOI: 10.1111/ced.14196
Popis: BACKGROUND Vitiligo is an acquired pigmentation disorder, which can have a negative effect on patient quality of life (QoL). AIM To evaluate QoL and psychiatric comorbidity in paediatric patients with vitiligo. METHODS In total, 30 patients aged 8-18 years who were diagnosed with vitiligo and 30 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HCs) were included in the study. The Children's Depression Inventory, Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children and Child Somatization Inventory were completed for both patients and controls. The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL) was administered to all patients by a child psychiatrist. Families were also asked to complete the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory and Emotion Regulation Checklist for children. RESULTS The K-SADS-PL evaluation showed that 90% of the patients in the vitiligo group had at least one psychiatric diagnosis, whereas this rate was 20% in the HCs (P
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