Open AccessA Study of Clinical Profile and Quality of Life in Patients with Scabies at a Rural Tertiary Care Centre
Author(s) -
Pragya A Nair,
Rita V Vora,
Nidhi B Jivani,
Shailee S Gandhi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/20938.8703
Subject(s) - medicine , overcrowding , itching , venereology , scabies , pediatrics , observational study , quality of life (healthcare) , socioeconomic status , family history , rural area , incidence (geometry) , family medicine , dermatology , environmental health , surgery , population , pathology , physics , nursing , optics , economics , economic growth
Scabies is a contagious disease primarily related to poverty and overcrowding, it rapidly spreads from person to person specially in people with poor hygiene. We come across many patients from rural areas with scabies. In India the incidence ranges from 13% to 59% in rural and urban areas. Many people complain of sleep disturbances and affection of work and leisure activities due to itching. Very few studies are done in India about the affection of quality of life in such patients.