Open AccessQuality of life in Saudi vitiligo patients
Author(s) -
SanjeevV Mulekar,
Luluah AlMubarak,
Hind M. Almohanna,
Ahmed Al-Issa,
Monzer Jabak
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.44
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0974-5157
pISSN - 0974-2077
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2077.79188
Subject(s) - vitiligo , medicine , psychosocial , arabic , quality of life (healthcare) , disease , dermatology , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , nursing
Vitiligo has a devastating psychosocial effect. The cultural traditions of Saudi society are quite different compared with the western world. Hence, a quality of life study using a different questionnaire suitable to the cultural traditions of the society is necessary to measure qualify of life in vitiligo patients.
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