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ABSTRACT
Individuals with skin disease may experience negative symptoms such as itching and pain, social stigma, and isolation. This cross-sectional study included 378 patients with skin diseases. The Dermatology Quality of Life Index (DLQI) score was found to be higher in individuals with skin disease. A high score indicates an impaired quality of life. Married people than single people, those who are 31 years old and older than those who are 30 years old and younger have higher DLQI scores. And also those who work than those who are unemployed, those who have diseases than those who do not have any other diseases, and those who smoke than those who are non-smokers have higher DLQI scores. In order to increase the quality of life of individuals with skin diseases, it is necessary to detect risky situations as well as symptom control and add psychosocial and psychotherapeutic interventions to the treatment plan.
Disclosure statement
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Ethical approval
The study was carried out appropriate by the Declaration of Helsinki in 1995 (as revised in Edinburgh 2000). This research was accepted by the İzmir Democrasy University Non-Interventional Clinical Research Ethics Committee (Decision date and no. 2021/45).
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