Correlation between Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) scores and Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ) allows the calculation of percent work productivity loss in patients with psoriasis

2015 ◽  
Vol 307 (5) ◽  
pp. 451-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jochen Schmitt ◽  
Denise Küster
Keyword(s):  
Dermatology Life Quality Index ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Productivity Loss ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Work Productivity ◽  
Work Limitations ◽  
Life Quality Index

Loss of Work Productivity and Quality of Life in Patients With Autoimmune Bullous Dermatoses

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 546-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Heelan ◽  
S. L. Hitzig ◽  
S. Knowles ◽  
A. M. Drucker ◽  
N. Mittmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Dermatology Life Quality Index ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Work Productivity ◽  
Activity Impairment ◽  
Work Impairment ◽  
Life Quality Index ◽  
The Impact

Background: Little is known about quality of life and work productivity in autoimmune bullous dermatoses (AIBDs). Objective: To determine the impact of AIBDs on quality of life and work productivity. Methods: An observational cross-sectional study took place between February and May 2013 at an AIBD tertiary referral centre. Ninety-four patients were included. All participants completed the Dermatology Life Quality Index and the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment–Specific Health Problem questionnaires. Results: Responders to treatment had less impairment ( P < .001) than nonresponders. Patients with severe AIBD had significantly more impairment that those with mild ( P < .001) and moderate ( P = .002) AIBD. Greater impairment was associated with higher percentage of work missed. Those with a higher Dermatology Life Quality Index score had greater work impairment and overall activity impairment ( P = .041, P = .024). Nonresponders had increased impairment while working ( P < .001), overall work impairment ( P < .001), and activity impairment ( P < .001). Severely affected patients had worse impairment in all Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire domains. Conclusions: AIBD has the potential to be a large burden on ability to work and quality of life. Larger studies are needed to clarify how these domains change over time and whether or not they improve with treatment.

scholarly journals Translating the Science of Quality of Life into Practice: What Do Dermatology Life Quality Index Scores Mean?

2005 ◽  
Vol 125 (4) ◽  
pp. 659-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Hongbo ◽  
Charles L. Thomas ◽  
Michael A. Harrison ◽  
M. Sam Salek ◽  
Andrew Y. Finlay
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Dermatology Life Quality Index ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Life Quality Index

Children’s dermatology life quality index and family dermatology life quality index as criteria for the efficiency of physiorehabilitation of children with atopic dermatitis

2020 ◽  
pp. 43-49
Author(s):  
T. V. Koroleva ◽  
I. I. Ivanova ◽  
E. V. Filatova
Keyword(s):  
Atopic Dermatitis ◽  
Dermatology Life Quality Index ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Social Maladjustment ◽  
Life Quality Index ◽  
Laser Blood Irradiation ◽  
Intensity Laser

Social maladjustment of children with atopic dermatitis, an increase in the number of cases of disability in pediatric practice, violation of intra-familial relations, rise in the level of anxiety of parents, in particular, of mothers, are closely associated with the formation of protracted recurrent forms. Educational programs for parents, traditional conservative treatment and hydrotherapy in combination with polychromatic polarized light and low-intensity laser blood irradiation significantly improve the quality of life of patients and their families, according to the corresponding indices.

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