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| DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX (DLQI) - A SIMPLE PRACTICAL MEASURE FOR ROUTINE CLINICAL USE |
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| Author(s): FINLAY AY, KHAN GK |
| Source: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY Volume: 19 Issue: 3 Pages: 210-216 Published: MAY 1994 |
| Times Cited: 627 References: 12 |
| Abstract: A simple practical questionnaire technique for routine clinical use, the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) is described. One hundred and twenty patients with different skin diseases were asked about the impact of their disease and its treatment on their lives; a questionnaire, the DLQI, was developed based on their answers. The DLQI was then completed by 200 consecutive new patients attending a dermatology clinic. This study confirmed that atopic eczema, psoriasis and generalized pruritus have a greater impact on quality of life than acne, basal cell carcinomas and viral warts. The DLQI was also completed by 100 healthy volunteers; their mean score was very low (1.6%, s.d. 3.5) compared with the mean score for the dermatology patients (24.2%, s.d. 20.9). The reliability of the DLQI was examined in 53 patients using a 1 week test-retest method and reliability was found to be high (gamma(s) = 0.99). |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: FINLAY, AY (reprint author), UNIV WALES COLL MED, DEPT DERMATOL, CARDIFF CF4 4XN, S GLAM WALES |
| Publisher: BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD, OSNEY MEAD, OXFORD, OXON, ENGLAND OX2 0EL |
| Subject Category: Dermatology |
| IDS Number: NN180 |
| ISSN: 0307-6938 |
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