Illness Perception and Quality of Life in Patients with Environmental Dermatoses: A Cross-sectional Study
| Autor: | Savana Waikhom, Rajashekar Talari Srinivas, Hanumanthayya Keloji, Suresh Kumar Kuppuswamy, Uday Kumar Sonappa, Nishi Nagaria |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp WC09-WC12 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |
| DOI: | 10.7860/JCDR/2022/53156.15851 |
| Popis: | Introduction: The skin conditions or disorders that develop due to various environmental or climatic factors are included under environmental dermatoses. A few studies have shown that different environmental factors can cause skin disorders but have not commented on the Quality of Life (QoL) and perception of the illness due to environmental dermatoses. Aim: To assess Illness Perception (IP) and QoL in patients with environmental dermatoses and to evaluate the extent to which IP is associated with the QoL in patients with environmental dermatoses. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 117 patients with environmental dermatoses who had visited the Outpatient Clinic of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Kolar, Karnataka, India, between February 2021-May 2021. All patients were assessed with the help of Dermatological QoL and Brief Illness Perception questionnaires. Data was analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 21.0 version. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to see the variances between more than two quantitative variables. Correlations were performed with Spearman correlation coefficient. The p-value |
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