The Impact of Vitiligo on Quality of Life and Psychosocial Well-Being in a Nepalese Population - 21/11/20
, Aastha Randhawa, MBBS b, 1, Ajay Kumar, MBBS, MD a, Victoria Williams, MD cRésumé |
The authors collected demographics and assessed the impact of vitiligo using Vitiligo Quality of Life (VitiQoL) and Vitiligo Impact Scale (VIS), followed by a focused survey and semistructured interviews with 22 participants in midwestern Nepal. VitiQoL and VIS scales did not indicate a large impact on quality of life; however, through interviews/focused surveys, participants expressed unhappiness/worry, problems in finding partners, securing employment, and social discrimination due to their skin lesions. These stressors are highlighted along with lack of proper physician counseling and vitiligo-related myths, which create psychosocial distress that may not be given priority in underdeveloped countries like Nepal.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Vitiligo, Psychosocial impact, Awareness, Quality of life, Social discrimination, Marriage
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Vol 39 - N° 1
P. 117-127 - janvier 2021 Retour au numéro
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