The quality of life in acne: a comparison with general medical conditions using generic questionnaires
The quality of life in acne: a comparison with general medical conditions using generic questionnaires
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痤疮患者的生活质量：使用通用问卷与一般医疗状况进行比较
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发表时间：
1999
影响因子：
10.3
通讯作者：
Finlay
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Mallon;Newton;Klassen;STEWART‐BROWN;Ryan;Finlay
与其他器官系统的疾病相比，痤疮等皮肤病有时被认为是不重要的，甚至是微不足道的。为了直接解决这一点，验证通用问卷用于评估痤疮患者的发病率，并将其与其他慢性疾病患者的发病率进行比较。对于转诊至皮肤科医生的111例痤疮患者，使用皮肤病生活质量指数、Rosenberg自尊量表、一般健康问卷（GHQ-28）和简明健康问卷36（SF-36）测量生活质量。使用利兹痤疮分级测量临床严重程度。SF-36量表的人群生活质量数据来自随机抽取的成年当地居民（n = 9334），其中一些人报告了各种长期致残性疾病。 所有生活质量的工具显示痤疮患者的大量赤字，相互关联，但不与临床评估痤疮的严重程度。痤疮患者（一个相对严重的影响组）报告的社会，心理和情感问题的水平与慢性致残性哮喘，癫痫，糖尿病，背痛或关节炎患者报告的一样大。痤疮是不是一个微不足道的疾病相比，其他慢性疾病。在分配医疗资源时，应认识到这一点。
Skin diseases such as acne are sometimes thought of as unimportant, even trivial, when compared with diseases of other organ systems. To address this point directly, validated generic questionnaires were used to assess morbidity in acne patients and compare it with morbidity in patients with other chronic diseases. For 111 acne patients referred to a dermatologist, quality of life was measured using the Dermatology Life Quality Index, Rosenberg's measure of self‐esteem, a version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ‐28) and the Short Form 36 (SF‐36). Clinical severity was measured using the Leeds Acne Grade. Population quality of life data for the SF‐36 instrument were available from a random sample of adult local residents (n = 9334) some of whom reported a variety of long‐standing disabling diseases. All quality of life instruments showed substantial deficits for acne patients that correlated with each other but not with clinically assessed acne severity. The acne patients (a relatively severely affected group) reported levels of social, psychological and emotional problems that were as great as those reported by patients with chronic disabling asthma, epilepsy, diabetes, back pain or arthritis. Acne is not a trivial disease in comparison with other chronic conditions. This should be recognized in the allocation of health care resources.