Body image, self-esteem and quality of life in vitiligo patients who lives in eastern of Turkey

Feride Çoban GÜL

doi:https://doi.org/10.5799/jcei.333380

Makale detayları

Body image, self-esteem and quality of life in vitiligo patients who lives in eastern of Turkey

Yazarlar:

Feride Çoban GÜL

Yayıncı:

Sağlık Araştırmaları Derneği

Ana Başlıklar:

Sağlık teşvikleri

Dergi:

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations 2017 Vol.8 Issue 2, pp.52-57

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000833156

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

1309-6621

pISSN:

1309-8578

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5799/jcei.333380

Özet:

 

Objective: The present study aims to investigate the effects of vitiligo on quality of life (QoL),
self-esteem (SE), and body image (BI).
Patients and Methods: This study included 64 patients diagnosed with vitiligo, and 87 ageand
sex-matched control subjects. Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants were
collected and hypopigmented lesion involvement regions were recorded to identify clinical
severity of vitiligo. The Dermatology Quality of Life Index (DQoLI), Body Image Scale (BIS), and
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) were completed.
Results: Comparison of DQoLI, SE, and BI between vitiligo and control groups demonstrated
that vitiligo patients had a statistically significantly lower QoL (P0.05). The DQoLI, BIS, and RSES scores and the levels
of QoL, SE, and BI were similar between the patients with vitiligo for ≤5 and >5 years (P>0.05).
Conclusion: Vitiligo can negatively affect the QoL, SE, and BI of patients, thereby, resulting in
psychosocial problems. It can be concluded that the unfavorable skin appearance of the disease
is not only a factor affecting the patients’ QoL, SE, and BI; however, its relation with
neurobiological mechanisms should be further investigated. This study emphasizes that body
image and self-esteem is affected independently of the location of vitiligo lesions, and
consequently neurobiological mechanisms may be important.

Makale detayları

Body image, self-esteem and quality of life in vitiligo patients who lives in eastern of Turkey

Yazarlar: Feride Çoban GÜL

Yayıncı: Sağlık Araştırmaları Derneği

Ana Başlıklar: Sağlık teşvikleri

Dergi: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations 2017 Vol.8 Issue 2, pp.52-57

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2017

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000833156

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

eISSN: 1309-6621

pISSN: 1309-8578

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5799/jcei.333380

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Feride Çoban GÜL

Yayıncı:

Sağlık Araştırmaları Derneği

Ana Başlıklar:

Sağlık teşvikleri

Dergi:

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations 2017 Vol.8 Issue 2, pp.52-57

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000833156

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

1309-6621

pISSN:

1309-8578

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5799/jcei.333380