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A Quality of Life Study in Patients with Leprosy Using DLQI and WHOQOL-BREF Questionnaires
| العنوان: | A Quality of Life Study in Patients with Leprosy Using DLQI and WHOQOL-BREF Questionnaires |
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| المؤلفون: | Tare, Dakshata A, Viswanath, Vishalakshi, Pai, Kalpita S, Samel, Dinesh R |
| المصدر: | Indian Journal of Dermatology ; volume 66, issue 5, page 574 ; ISSN 0019-5154 |
| بيانات النشر: | Medknow |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| الوصف: | Context: India accounts for 60% of the global leprosy burden. Deformities lead to a negative impact on the quality of life (QoL). There is a paucity of Indian studies evaluating the QoL in patients with leprosy. Aims: This study was undertaken to assess QoL in leprosy patients with two different questionnaires, correlate QoL with demographic and clinical profile and evaluate the impact on health-related QoL scores. Settings and Design: A cross-sectional study to evaluate the QoL was conducted in the dermatology OPD of a tertiary center in Maharashtra, India. Materials and Methods: Demographic and clinical profile along with evaluation of QoL using DLQI and WHOQOL-BREF questionnaires was conducted in 60 leprosy patients. Statistical Analysis Used: Parametric test, R test, Chi-square test, Z test, Student's t -test (t), and Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) were used. Results: The mean DLQI score was 8.4 ± 4.4 and 40% of patients had moderate impact on QoL, and the mean WHOQOL-BREF score was 3.13 ± 0.9. The demographic profile, type of leprosy and reactions did not have a statistically significant correlation with DLQI. Presence of deformity had significant impact on DLQI and a statistically significant impact on physical, psychological, and environmental domain in WHOQOL-BREF analysis. Conclusions: Deformities have a profound impact on QoL in leprosy patients on evaluation with DLQI and WHOQOL- BREF questionnaires. The social domain was least affected, whereas severe impact was noted in psychological domain. DLQI is a practical and simple questionnaire, whereas WHOQOL- BREF provides a comprehensive approach on all domains. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.4103/ijd.ijd_902_20 |
| الاتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.4103/ijd.ijd_902_20 https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijd.ijd_902_20 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.1242222A |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.4103/ijd.ijd_902_20 |
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