Open AccessVitiligo impact scale: An instrument to assess the psychosocial burden of vitiligo
Author(s) -
M Ramam,
Manju Mehta,
V. Sreenivas,
VinodK Sharma,
Sujay Khandpur,
G Krishna
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology venereology and leprology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.514
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 0973-3922
pISSN - 0378-6323
DOI - 10.4103/0378-6323.107637
Subject(s) - vitiligo , psychosocial , cronbach's alpha , rank correlation , quality of life (healthcare) , medicine , depigmentation , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , spearman's rank correlation coefficient , dermatology life quality index , reliability (semiconductor) , correlation , rating scale , psychology , dermatology , psychometrics , psychiatry , disease , developmental psychology , statistics , nursing , physics , geometry , mathematics , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
Vitiligo is a disease that significantly impairs quality of life. Previous studies have shown that vitiligo has an impact that may not correlate with the size and extent of depigmentation, indicating a need for an independent measure of the psychosocial burden.
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