Illness Acceptance as the Measure of the Quality of Life in Moderate Psoriasis

Figures & data

Table 1 Relationships of Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics with AIS Scores

Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Patients	AIS
		SD	95% c.i.	p
Women	21.6	6.7	20.4–25.7	0.0092**
Men	24.9	5.2	23.2–26.5
Countryside	24.2	5.2	21.9–26.5	0.9603
Town/City	24.3	6.4	22.7–25.9
Age <40	24.2	4.8	22.5–25.9	0.0311*
Age ≥40	22.4	6.6	21.2–26.6
Married	24.3	5.9	22.6–26.0	0.9900
Unmarried	24.3	6.5	22.2–26.4
Higher education	25.3	5.3	23.7–26.9	0.1314
Non-higher education	23.3	6.8	21.2–25.4
Duration of psoriasis <15	24.9	6.1	23.0–26.8	0.0362*
Duration of psoriasis ≥15	21.7	4.4	21.7–25.6
Blue-collar workers	22.9	6.2	20.6–25.1	0.1806
White-collar workers	24.7	5.6	23.0–26.5
Location – exposed body parts (head, hands)	22.8	5.7	21.9–25.8	0.6575
Location – unexposed body parts (torso, legs)	24.6	6.5	22.8–26.4

Notes: *Indicate statistical significance (p <0.05), **Indicate statistical significance (p <0.01). - arithmetic mean, 95% c.i. – 95% confidence interval for mean value in a given population. p-values from the Student’s t-test.

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

Table 2 Relationships of Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics with DLQI Scores

Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Patients	DLQI
		SD	95% c.i.	p
Women	12.7	8.2	10.0–13.9	0.2054
Men	14.4	7.5	11.6–15.8
Countryside	14.7	7.8	11.4–18.1	0.2883
Town/City	13.7	8.3	10.0–14.3
Age <40	13.9	8.3	11.5–16.3	0.4246
Age ≥40	12.5	7.9	9.9–15.1
Married	12.2	7.6	10.0–12.4	0.1525
Unmarried	14.6	8.1	12.5–17.5
Higher education	11.6	7.6	9.2–14.2	0.0562
Non-higher education	14.8	8.2	12.6–17.5
Duration of psoriasis <15	11.4	7.9	9.3–14.3	0.0660
Duration of psoriasis ≥15	15.8	8.2	12.4–17.3
Blue-collar workers	14.7	8.3	12.0–17.3	0.1528
White-collar workers	12.2	7.8	9.9–14.4
Location – exposed body parts (head, hands)	15.8	8.0	13.0–18.7	0.0583
Location – unexposed body parts (torso, legs)	12.3	7.6	10.0–14.7

Notes: - arithmetic mean, 95% c.i. – 95% confidence interval for mean value in a given population. p-values from the Student’s t-test.

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

Figure 1 Correlation between the level of illness acceptance and the quality of life.

Table 3 Relationship Between the Level of Illness Acceptance and the Quality of Life

The Level of Illness Acceptance (Points)	DLQI (p = 0.0202*)
	N		SD	95% c.i.
8–18	32	15.7	8.7	10.9–20.6
19–29	116	14.1	8.0	11.9–16.2
30–40	38	8.6	6.4	5.3–11.9

Notes: *Indicate statistical significance (p <0.05). - arithmetic mean, 95% c.i.– 95% confidence interval for mean value in a given population. p-values from on variance test (ANOVA).

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.