Gender Differences in Depression, Coping, Stigma, and Quality of Life in Patients of Vitiligo

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Abstract
Though vitiligo is one of the psychodermatological disorders which do not cause direct physical impairment, it is cosmetically disfiguring leading to serious psychological problems in daily life. We undertook this research to study patients of vitiligo the prevalence of depression, coping, stigma, and quality of life and comparison of the same in both genders. Patients diagnosed clinically as having vitiligo by consultant dermatologist were enrolled after informed consent and ethics approval. 156 patients were screened, of which 100 satisfying criteria were taken up for the study. A semistructured proforma was designed to collect the necessary information with administration of Beck’s depression inventory, participation scale, dermatology life quality index, and adjustment to chronic skin diseases questionnaire. Depression prevalence was 63.64% in females and 42.86% in males (p
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Authors Sawant, Neena S.;Vanjari, Nakul A.;Khopkar, Uday;Sawant, Neena S.;Vanjari, Nakul A.;Khopkar, Uday;
Journal dermatology research and practice
Year 2019
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10.1155/2019/6879412
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https://www.hindawi.com/journals/drp/2019/6879412/abs/
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