Disease severity and quality of life in a follow-up study of patients with occupational contact dermatitis

Lau, Melisa Yi Zhi; Matheson, Melanie C.; Burgess, John A.; Dharmage, Shyamali C.; Nixon, Rosemary

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.01896.x

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“…Comparing SSc to other dermatoses, subscale scores for SSc in all dimensions were significantly poorer than or comparable to patients with occupational contact dermatitis [15], ichthyosis [16], non-melanoma skin cancer [17], and contact eczema [18] (Table 1). SSc patients had better results in mental health compared to patients with long-standing nail disease [20], vitiligo [21], chronic skin diseases [14], and health care workers with work related disease [22], The SF-36 scores in patients with atopic dermatitis vary and can be better or worse than in SSc [19, 23].…”

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“…For global assessment, these 8 scales were evaluated in all 41 SSc patients and were compared with published data obtained from the normal population [14], patients with SSc [3, 7, 8, 10, 13], patients with occupational contact dermatitis [15], ichthyosis [16], non-melanoma skin cancer [17], eczema depending on the body site [18], atopic dermatitis [19, 23], nail disease [20], vitiligo [21], work-related skin diseases in health care workers [22], psoriasis [24], pemphigus [25], systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) [26], and other chronic skin disease [14]. …”

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Impaired quality of life in patients with systemic sclerosis compared to the general population and chronic dermatoses

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BackgroundSystemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare and potentially life threatening autoimmune disorder. The burden of disease compared to other dermatoses is unknown. The purpose of this study was to assess both the quality of life in patients with SSc and the variables that are associated with poor quality of life. Forty-one patients with systemic sclerosis (29 limited, 2 diffuse, 10 undifferentiated forms) were assessed with respect to their health status and compared to published data for the normal population, SSc patients from other studies, and patients with chronic skin diseases.ResultsFor the most part, our SSc patients had better outcomes in all 8 dimensions of the SF-36 than SSc patients from other studies, and poorer scores than the healthy population and those with occupational contact dermatitis, ichthyosis, non-melanoma skin cancer, contact dermatitis, atopic eczema, chronic nail disease, vitiligo, health care workers with work-related disease, and those with other chronic skin diseases, but significantly better scores for mental health than those with nail disease, vitiligo, and health-care workers. Patients with atopic dermatitis, psoriasis and pemphigus had significantly poorer mean scores in social function and mental health than SSc patients. Patients with pemphigus were also significantly impaired in their physical and emotional roles. Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) had the significantly poorest mean scores for QoL in all 8 domains except bodily pain and emotional role.ConclusionBesides SLE, SSc is one of the most severe chronic dermatologic diseases in terms of reduced QoL. Since SSc cannot be cured, treatment strategies should include therapeutic interventions such as psychotherapy, social support, physiotherapy, and spiritual care. Their beneficial effects could be studied in future.

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Impaired quality of life in patients with systemic sclerosis compared to the general population and chronic dermatoses

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“…Two studies using the DLQI, found a moderate effect on the daily activities domain [33, 39]. Two other studies that used the DLQI but did not document the scores reported that 23% [30] and 45.7% [35] of participants had interference in this domain.…”

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A Review of the Impact of Occupational Contact Dermatitis on Quality of Life

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Occupational contact dermatitis (OCD) is the most common occupational skin disease in many countries. We reviewed the current evidence on how OCD impacts on quality of life (QoL). The three commonly used QoL questionnaires in OCD were the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), and the Skindex. Despite the availability of a variety of validated QoL instruments, none of them is specific to OCD or entirely adequate in capturing the impact of OCD on QoL. Nonetheless, the results of this paper do suggest a significant impact. Use of QoL measures in clinical settings will provide patients with an opportunity to express their concerns and assist clinicians to evaluate the effectiveness of management beyond the clinical outcomes. This paper also highlights the lack of a disease-specific QOL instrument and the importance of developing a validated measure to assess QOL in OCD, enabling comparison across countries and occupational groups.

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“…EBS has a HRQoL score similar to atopic dermatitis, and DDEB similar to psoriasis (26). On the MCS scale, DDEB and RDEB have the best recorded HRQoL score, while EBS scores similar to occupational contact dermatitis, and JEB to psoriasis and hand eczema (25,26). In the comparison of the Skindex-29 results with other dermatological diseases (Fig.…”

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Health-related Quality of Life in Epidermolysis Bullosa: Validation of the Dutch QOLEB Questionnaire and Assessment in the Dutch Population

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Wing Yan Yuen, Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, NL-9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. E-mail: w.y.yuen@umcg.nl Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) consists of a spectrum of heritable trauma-induced blistering diseases of skin and mucous membranes (1). Many subtypes exist, and their clinical severity is variable, ranging from an occasional palmoplantar blister to childhood lethality (1). The health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is the impact of a disease on the physical, psychological, and social health of a patient (2). Defining HRQoL in EB patients is important in patient care and management (3). Furthermore, in recent years more focus has been placed on finding specific treatments for EB and measuring HRQoL can help in assessing the efficacy of these new treatment modalities (4, 5). Also, measuring and comparing HRQoL to other diseases can help assign funding to this rather unknown and rare disorder (4, 6). Measuring HRQoL is complicated by the wide range of phenotypes in EB, which all have their own clinical severity (3). Several studies have focused on qualitatively describing the impact of EB on patients' lives (7-11). Quantitative measurement of HRQoL has been performed using both generic and dermatology-specific instruments in EB patients (6, 12-15). However, due to ceiling effects and content validity issues of these instruments, the accuracy of the measurements is questionable. It has been hypothesised that, especially in the more severe EB subtypes, there has been an overestimation of the HRQoL (3). To overcome these problems, Frew et al. (3) developed and validated an EB-specific HRQoL measurement tool for older children and adults that can be used across all EB subtypes, called the QOLEB (quality of life in EB). Translation of the QOLEB, which was created and validated in English in Australia, to other cultures and languages may provide reliable comparisons of HRQoL in EB and the efficacy of clinical interventions across different countries (3). The aim of this study was to develop a validated and reliable QOLEB in Dutch, and to assess HRQoL in Dutch EB patients. MATERIALS AND METHODSThis study was performed at the Center for Blistering Diseases at the University Medical Center Groningen, which is the single national referral centre for EB in the Netherlands. Ethical approval was granted by the Medical Ethical Committee of the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. A signed consent form was obtained from all participating patients. Study measurement toolsThe English QOLEB is a validated and reliable adult EBspecific HRQoL tool consisting of a 17-item questionnaire, and it was developed by 2 of the authors (JWF and DFM) (3). The QOLEB measures 2 factors: functioning (questions 1-7, 9-10, 12-13, 15) and emotions (question 8, 11, 14, 16-17). For each question 4 optional answers exist that are scored from 0 to 3 points, in which a higher score represents a worse HRQoL. The functioning scale ranged from 0-36, the emotions scale from 0-15, and the ove...

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Disease severity and quality of life in a follow-up study of patients with occupational contact dermatitis

Cited by 30 publications

References 33 publications

Impaired quality of life in patients with systemic sclerosis compared to the general population and chronic dermatoses

Impaired quality of life in patients with systemic sclerosis compared to the general population and chronic dermatoses

A Review of the Impact of Occupational Contact Dermatitis on Quality of Life

Health-related Quality of Life in Epidermolysis Bullosa: Validation of the Dutch QOLEB Questionnaire and Assessment in the Dutch Population

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