Quality of life in patients with acne in Erbil city

Kameran Ismail,Khalis Mohammed-Ali

doi:10.1186/1477-7525-10-60

Kameran Ismail, Khalis Mohammed-Ali

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https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-10-60

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Abstract

BackgroundAcne is a very common condition and has a substantial impact on patients’ quality of life. This study was carried out to determine the impact of acne and its clinical severity on health related quality of life in a group of patients attending private clinic in Erbil city, Iraq.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted between July 1st, 2011 and November 1st, 2011. A convenience sample of 510 patients attending private clinic in Erbil city was taken. Verbal informed consent was obtained from all participants. The Cardiff acne disability index (CADI) was used in this study.ResultsThe sample included 510 patients (173 males and 337 females); their mean ± SD age was 20.08 ± 4.23 years (ranged from 11 to 36 years) with a male: female ratio of 0.41:1. The mean ± SD ages of males and females were 18.62 ±3.19 and 20.83 ±4.49 years, respectively (P < 0.001). Results revealed that there is significant association between age and quality of life impairment (P < 0.001), and it revealed that quality of life was more impaired (47.2%) among female than that (37.6%) among male patients (P = 0.038). There was significant association between grading of acne and QOL impairment (P < 0.0001).ConclusionsAcne negatively affects quality of life, females were more affected than the males, age group 21–25 more than the other age groups and the greater the grade "severity" of acne, the greater the level of impairment of quality of life.

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Acne is a common distressing disease that can affect all aspects of an individual’s health-related quality of life (HRQoL), in particular feelings and emotions, personal relationships, sports, social life and employment chances [1]
This study was carried out to determine the impact of acne and its clinical severity on health related quality of life in a group of patients attending private clinic in Erbil city, Iraq
Results revealed that the QOL was more affected, as the severity of the lesion were increasing, which agrees with that seen in Turkey [9] and France [11] which may be logic finding that how much the lesions increased in severity, the awareness, sensitivity, negative feeling and anxiety will increase

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Acne is a common distressing disease that can affect all aspects of an individual’s health-related quality of life (HRQoL), in particular feelings and emotions, personal relationships, sports, social life and employment chances [1]. Patients with acne have reported functional and emotional effects the Cardiff acne disability index (CADI) and the dermatology-specific quality of life (DSQL) questionnaire [4]. To our knowledge this is the first crosssectional study concerning health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with acne in Erbil. This study was carried out to determine the impact of acne and its clinical severity on health related quality of life in a group of patients attending private clinic in Erbil city, Iraq. The Cardiff acne disability index (CADI) was used in this study

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