Quality of life, emotion dysregulation, attention deficit and psychiatric comorbidity in children and adolescents with vitiligo

BACKGROUND Vitiligo is an acquired pigmentation disorder, which can have a negative effect on patient quality of life (QoL). AIM To evaluate QoL and psychiatric comorbidity in paediatric patients with vitiligo. METHODS In total, 30 patients aged 8-18 years who were diagnosed with vitiligo and 30 age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HCs) were included in the study. The Children's Depression Inventory, Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children and Child Somatization Inventory were completed for both patients and controls. The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL) was administered to all patients by a child psychiatrist. Families were also asked to complete the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory and Emotion Regulation Checklist for children. RESULTS The K-SADS-PL evaluation showed that 90% of the patients in the vitiligo group had at least one psychiatric diagnosis, whereas this rate was 20% in the HCs (P