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Impact of facial and truncal acne on quality of life: A multi-country population-based survey
- Source :
- JAAD International
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Background Acne confers an increased risk of physical, psychiatric, and psychosocial sequelae, potentially affecting multiple dimensions of health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Morbidity associated with truncal acne is poorly understood. Objective To determine how severity and location of acne lesions impact the HRQoL of those who suffer from it. Methods A total of 694 subjects with combined facial and truncal acne (F+T) and 615 with facial acne only (F) participated in an online, international survey. Participants self-graded the severity of their acne at different anatomical locations and completed the dermatology life quality index (DLQI). Results The F+T participants were twice as likely to report "very large" to "extremely large" impact on HRQoL (ie, DLQI > 10 and children's DLQI [CDLQI] > 12) as compared with the F participants (DLQI: odds ratio [OR] 1.61 [95% confidence interval {CI} 1.02-2.54]; CDLQI: OR 1.86 [95% CI 1.10-3.14]). The impact of acne on HRQoL increased with increasing acne severity on the face (DLQI and CDLQI P values = .001 and .017, respectively), chest (P = .003; P = .008), and back (P = .001; P = .028). Limitations Temporal evaluation of acne impact was not estimated. Conclusions Facial and truncal acne was associated with a greater impact on HRQoL than facial acne alone. Increasing severity of truncal acne increases the adverse impact on HRQoL irrespective of the severity of facial acne.
- Subjects :
- HRQoL, health-related quality of life
medicine.medical_specialty
Dermatology
CompAQ
F, facial acne only
Quality of life
CDLQI, children's dermatology life quality index
Surveys and Questionnaires
Humans
Medicine
Patient Reported Outcome Measures
CompAQ, Comprehensive Acne Quality of Life
Population based survey
Acne
business.industry
truncal acne
dermatology life quality index (DLQI)
Dermatology Life Quality Index
Odds ratio
medicine.disease
humanities
Confidence interval
F+T, combined facial and truncal acne
facial acne
CI, confidence interval
OR, odds ratio
DLQI, dermatology life quality index
quality of life
patient-reported outcomes
Original Article
business
Psychosocial
Multi country
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 26663287
- Volume :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- JAAD international
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a70206870cf0a7c7614528e5fe5d7242