Health-related quality of life impact of scabies in the Solomon Islands
| العنوان: | Health-related quality of life impact of scabies in the Solomon Islands |
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| المؤلفون: | Susanna J. Lake, Titus Nasi, Lucia Romani, Oliver Sokana, Dickson Boara, Daniel T. Engelman, John M. Kaldor, Margot J. Whitfeld, Andrew C Steer, Natalie Carvalho, Michael Marks |
| المصدر: | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| بيانات النشر: | Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Quality of life, Population, Severity of Illness Index, Skin Diseases, Scabies, 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Interquartile range, Surveys and Questionnaires, Solomon Islands, Prevalence, medicine, Humans, AcademicSubjects/MED00860, 030212 general & internal medicine, Child, education, Health related quality of life, Sleep disorder, education.field_of_study, business.industry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Medicine, Dermatology Life Quality Index, medicine.disease, humanities, AcademicSubjects/MED00290, Infectious Diseases, Itching, Original Article, Parasitology, medicine.symptom, business, Demography |
| الوصف: | Background Scabies causes intense itching and skin lesions. A small number of studies have shown that scabies impacts health-related quality of life (HRQoL), but no studies have been conducted in the Pacific region. We assessed the impact of scabies on HRQoL in a high-prevalence setting using the Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) and Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). We also assessed the validity of these tools in a Pacific Island population. Methods The study was conducted in the Solomon Islands. Participants with and without skin disease were randomly selected. HRQoL indices were scored on a scale of 0–30. Results We surveyed 1051 adults (91 with scabies) and 604 children (103 with scabies). Scabies had a small impact on HRQoL, with a median DLQI score of 2 (interquartile range [IQR] 0–6) and a CDLQI score of 2 (IQR 0–4). Scores increased linearly with severity. The greatest impact on QoL was due to itch, sleep disturbance and impacts on education and employment. Conclusions Scabies has a small but measurable impact on HRQoL. The DLQI and CDLQI scores were discriminated between the skin-related QoL of patients with scabies and the control group, indicating that these tools are appropriate to measure skin-related QoL in the Solomon Islands. |
| تدمد: | 1878-3503 0035-9203 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::d9d4eca72ff9bcdf6fd4007443bbf256 https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trab096 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....d9d4eca72ff9bcdf6fd4007443bbf256 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 18783503 00359203 |
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