Relationship Between Psychosocial Burden of Skin Conditions and Symptoms: Measuring the Attributable Fraction
| Autor: | Damiano Abeni, Andrea Paradisi, Patrizia Giannantoni, Stefano Tabolli, Francesca Sampogna |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
integumentary system business.industry Scars Dermatology General Medicine medicine.disease Severity of Illness Index Skin Diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Mild symptoms Cost of Illness Quality of life Surveys and Questionnaires Psoriasis Internal medicine Attributable risk Quality of Life Physical therapy Humans Medicine medicine.symptom business Psychosocial |
| Zdroj: | Acta Dermato Venereologica. 96:60-63 |
| ISSN: | 0001-5555 |
| DOI: | 10.2340/00015555-2094 |
| Popis: | Skin conditions often have a severe impact on the physical and psychosocial domains of patients' quality of life, but the relationship between these domains has been studied little. This study estimated the fraction of psychosocial burden that may be attributable to symptoms, using the Skindex-17 quality of life questionnaire (symptoms and psychosocial scales) in 2,487 outpatients. The excess proportion of psychosocial burden for each skin condition was computed. Overall, 79.8% of the psychosocial burden of patients with severe symptoms may be attributable to the symptoms. For patients with mild symptoms this figure is 49.7%. A great heterogeneity was observed, from -0.9% for patients with scars, up to more than 90% for conditions such as lichen planus and psoriasis. While these results will have to be confirmed in longitudinal studies, they seem to indicate that, by targeting specific symptoms, a substantial portion of the psychosocial burden of skin diseases could be spared. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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