Quality of life of patients with scabies

Abstract

Scabies moderately affected the QoL of the patients. Sulphur could be considered as an effective treatment for patients with scabies.

Impaired quality of life in adults and children with scabies from an impoverished community in Brazil

“…This assumption is confirmed by data from Jin‐gang et al. 32 In a study of Chinese patients living in rural settings without economic deprivation, quality of life was considerably more impaired than in our patients living in an urban slum.…”

“…Data of Jin‐gang et al. 32 confirm that scabies patients frequently feel restrictions in their personal relationships.…”

Impact on quality of life in patients with dermatophytosis

“…DLQI domains 1 (symptoms and feelings) and 2 (daily activity) were the most affected in our study. This is unlike the observations made in scabies wherein questions under domains 1 (symptoms and feelings) and domains 5 (personal relationships) were the lead scorers . This may be attributed to the distribution of skin lesions over the genital area in scabies.…”

“…Patro et al found moderate to very large effect on QoL in their patients of dermatophytosis . The overall mean DLQI score in the present study was 13.4 ± 7.3 which was higher than reported in scabies (mean, 10.1 ± 5.9) and in psoriasis (13.0 ± 6.9) In our study, DLQI questions 1 (symptoms) and 2 (embarrassment) scored the highest and DLQI question 6 (sports) had the minimum score. This is in concordance with other studies .…”

The impact of dermatological toxicities of anti‐cancer therapy on the dermatological quality of life of cancer patients

“…The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) is a dermatology‐specific QoL measure that has been widely validated in a range of skin conditions 4,5 . It has been used in 33 different skin conditions in 32 countries and is available in 55 languages.…”