Quality of life in a sample of Egyptian Patients with postburn scars: A clinical and Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) based cross-sectional study

Shahenda A Ramez; Ragia H Weshahy

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v5nS1.15099

Authors

Shahenda A. Ramez
Shahy482@gmail.com
Researcher in Dermatology and Venerology department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
Ragia H. Weshahy Researcher in Dermatology and Venerology department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

Keywords:

Post burn scars, Dermatology Life Quality Index, Quality of life

Abstract

Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) is the most specific score that is used widely for patients with different skin diseases to show the impact of their skin condition on their quality of life to confirm the importance of early treatment to avoid more psychological complications to such patients. The aim of the study was to discover if the quality of life of these patients differs according to their clinical and demographic data. A total of 470 patients with post burn scars completed the full questionnaire that was prepared in Arabic language and written by easy clear words. The data was collected to calculate the score of each patient, then statistically analyzed to find the relation between the DLQI scores and the sociodemographic data of post burn scars patients. Our results found; the study revealed a mean DLQI score of 11.16 that indicate strong effect of burn scars on the quality of life. There was positive correlation between DLQI score and duration of scars with p value of 0.016 but there was no correlation between DLQI score and ages of patient with p value of 0.116.

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