Quality of Life Measurement for Vitiligo: Is It Important?

Tengku Noorsharifa Dayang Bestari Sinar, Nelva Karmila Jusuf

2019

Abstract

Introduction: Vitiligo is a chronic skin disease characterized by skin depigmentation caused by melanocytes destruction. Vitiligo could be considered as a psychosomatic disorder, which means physical and psychological factors concomitantly are involved in appearance, progression, relapse and remission of vitiligo. Vitiligo has a remarkable impact on patient’s Quality of Life (QoL). Case: A 20-years-old girl, initially presented with milky white patches in the back of her neck and right shoulder since 5 years ago. There was no itch, pain or anesthesia. There was no family history of this disease or other autoimmune diseases. She suffers a psychological stress caused by her vitiligo and she has a low self-esteem, embarrassment and anxiety. From dermatological examination, on the colli posterior and acromial dextra there was depigmentation macules, numular-plaque sized, circrumscribed and leucotrichia in colli posterior. SkinDex-29 score showed a severe impact in patient’s QoL. The patient treated with tacrolimus 0.1% ointment and had an improvement both in lesions and QoL. Discussion: Measuring the QoL is important in the management of vitiligo patient. QoL can be measured with QoL indexes, such as SkinDex-29 that evaluate three domains: symptoms, psychosocial and emotional status. Establishing a good doctor–patient relationship to multidisciplinary approach for the patient’s compliance and a better outcome of the treatment. Conclusion: Vitiligo has devastating psychosocial effects that have great impacts on the patient’s quality of life. Holistic approach is important to manage vitiligo patient, not only for treated the clinical aspect but also evaluate the QoL of the patient from time to time.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sinar T. and Jusuf N. (2019). Quality of Life Measurement for Vitiligo: Is It Important?.In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease - Volume 1: ICTROMI, ISBN 978-989-758-469-5, pages 420-424. DOI: 10.5220/0009990704200424

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ictromi19,
author={Tengku Noorsharifa Dayang Bestari Sinar and Nelva Karmila Jusuf},
title={Quality of Life Measurement for Vitiligo: Is It Important?},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease - Volume 1: ICTROMI,},
year={2019},
pages={420-424},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009990704200424},
isbn={978-989-758-469-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease - Volume 1: ICTROMI,
TI - Quality of Life Measurement for Vitiligo: Is It Important?
SN - 978-989-758-469-5
AU - Sinar T.
AU - Jusuf N.
PY - 2019
SP - 420
EP - 424
DO - 10.5220/0009990704200424