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Patient–physician consensus on quality of life in dermatology
Author(s) -
JEMEC G.B.E.,
WULF H.C.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1996.tb00057.x
Subject(s) - dermatology life quality index , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , dermatology , disease , severity of illness , psoriasis , nursing
Summary This study was undertaken in order to establish the correlation between physician‐assessed and patient self‐reported quality of life (QOL) when using a proposed Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) in a random Sample of 51 dermatological out‐patients and in‐patients. A substantial correlation was found between physician scores and DLQI ( r 2 = 0·306, P < 0·001), suggesting that the DLQI can be used to assess QOL and general morbidity. Comparison of the observed and ideal patient–physician consensus suggests that patients with relatively benign or quiescent disease may overestimate disease impact, while dermatological patients with more malign or aggressive disease may underestimate it compared with the physician estimate.