Çocuklarda Dermatolojik Hastalıklarda Yaşam Kalitesi

Quality of life is a broad concept that also includes personal well-being beyond the personal health status. In the world, not as much as adult age groups, there have been developed for a certain number of general purpose quality of life scales for children and adolescents. Evaluation of the quality of life in children include some differences than in adults. Knowledge of the children's developmental stages’ differences is important for researchers whose improve and use the quality of life scales. The most studied quality of life in children are atopic dermatitis and psoriasis dermatological diseases. Otherwise there are researches related to quality of life for several dermatological diseases such as alopecia areata, dermatomyositis, ectodermal dysplasia, photosensitivity disorders, molluscum contagiosum, neurofibromatosis and vitiligo. In this review, the researches about quality of life in children with dermatologic disease has been reviewed.\u