Quality of life in patients with skin diseases in central Saudi Arabia | Zendy

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Quality of life in patients with skin diseases in central Saudi Arabia

Author(s) -

Mostafa A. Abolfotouh,

Al-Khowailed,

Suliman Suliman,

Al-Turaif,

Al-Bluwi,

Alkahtani

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

international journal of general medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722

H-Index - 36

ISSN - 1178-7074

DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s33276

Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , arabic , outpatient clinic , confounding , disease , cross sectional study , family history , pediatrics , pathology , linguistics , philosophy , nursing

Previous national and international studies of quality of life (QoL) in patients with skin diseases have revealed different levels of QoL impairment. The aims of this study were to assess QoL in patients with skin diseases in central Saudi Arabia using the newly validated Skindex-16 instrument and to determine the association between QoL in patients with skin disease, sociodemographic data, and disease characteristics.

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