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Journal : Sumatera Medical Journal

QUALITY OF LIFE IN VITILIGO PATIENTS AT H. ADAM MALIK GENERAL HOSPITAL MEDAN, INDONESIA Jusuf, Nelva Karmila; putra, imam budi; utami, dina rizki
Sumatera Medical Journal Vol. 1 No. 01 (2017): The Sumatera Medical Journal
Publisher : Talenta Publisher

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32734/sumej.v1i01.79

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Background: Vitiligo is an acquired depigmenting skin disorder that can affect the patients’ quality of life (QOL).Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the QOL in patients with vitiligo.Patients and Methods: This study included 30 patients with vitiligo. All the patients filled out questionnaires Skindex- 29. Data were compiled and analyzed statistically.Results: Among the 30 vitiligo patients, 73,3 % were women and 26,7 % were men. Mean age of patients were 40.53 ± 12. 91 years old. The mean duration of vitiligo was 9.07 ± 7.643 years. Themean total Skindex-29 score of the subjects was 24.68 ± 7,72. There was significant difference according to age’s group (p =0,035) and sex ( p = 0,01) but there is no significant difference according to duration of disease’s group ( p = 0,582 ).Conclusions: The study findings showed that vitiligo has a significant effect on the patients’ QOL. It seems counselling is needed as part of treatment in vitiligo patients.
QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT IN SKIN TAG PATIENTS putra, imam budi; Jusuf, Nelva Karmila; Kartayana, Johan
Sumatera Medical Journal Vol. 1 No. 01 (2017): The Sumatera Medical Journal
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32734/sumej.v1i01.80

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Background: Patients with skin disease may experience clinical symptoms, such as itching, pain, and discomfort, that can have a negative impact on quality of life (QOL).Skin tag is a common benign tumor of the skin with small, soft pedunculated protrusion, it commonly occur in axilla, neck and major flexura area, despitethe lesion usually asimptomatic, sometimes patients complainabout cosmetics appereance, itching or discomfort experienced.Objective : The aim of our study was to assess the impact of skin tag lesion on quality of life of patients.Material and Method: This is a descriptive study with a cross sectional design, involving 50 patients with skin tag lesion who visited the Dermatology outpatient clinic Adam Malik GeneralHospital, Medan from September 2016 to October 2016. Thepatients were filled Indonesian version of skindex-29 questionnaire to measures the effects of skin disorders on their QOL.Results: In this study QOL in skin tag patient was fairly good, 38(76%) subjects had a skindex-29 category score<5, and 12(24%) subjects had a skindex-29 score 6-17. We didn’t findimpaired QOL in all skin tag patients.Conclusion : In this study we concludedskin tag does not affect the quality of life of the patients.