Quality of life with vitiligo: Comparison of male and female muslim patients in Iran

Vitiligo: A comprehensive overview

“…In these societies, women with vitiligo have difficulty getting married 8,26 and finding educational and vocational opportunities. 27 Many patients worry about the disease worsening, have their social life affected, and feel embarrassment, depression, and shame. 28 A quality of life (QOL) assessment should be made during the first consultation, because there may be a difference between patient and physician assessment of severity, and QOL should be followed during treatment to assess patient satisfaction.…”

Quality of life, depression, and anxiety in Turkish children with vitiligo and their parents

“…For most of the cases, vitiligo is a progressive disorder that cannot be foreseen regarding its clinical characteristics [22]. In cases with vitiligo, it has been defined that quality of life might be connected to various factors and onset at younger ages is related to worse overall levels of life quality [23,24]. A limited number of studies exist in the literature that aims to evaluate emotional burden caused by vitiligo and the effect of the illness on psychosocial development, specifically in children and adolescents [25].…”

The burden of vitiligo: Patient characteristics associated with quality of life

“…11,12 A number of studies has examined HRQL in patients with vitiligo. 3,7,[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] These studies focused mainly on specific questionnaires in dermatology and reported that, in general, vitiligo had an adverse impact on HRQL, particularly on psychosocial functioning. There are no studies in vitiligo in which a combination of a generic and a dermatology-specific HRQL questionnaire was used.…”