Vitiligo and psychiatric morbidity: A profile from a vitiligo clinic of a rural-based tertiary care center of eastern India

Background: Vitiligo is an idiopathic acquired progressive de/hypopigmentary disorder of skin and mucosae. In Indian skin depigmentaion is very much obvious and can cause psychological distress, low self esteem and social stigmatization. Aims: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the...

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Published in:Indian journal of dermatology 2018-07, Vol.63 (4), p.281-284
Main Authors: Sarkar, Somenath, Sarkar, Tanusree, Sarkar, Arnab, Das, Swagata
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Anxiety
Behavior disorders
Comorbidity
Dermatology
Illnesses
Mental depression
Morbidity
Original
Patients
Psychiatric morbidity
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Self esteem
Self image
self-reporting questionnaire-24
Skin
Skin diseases
skindex
Vitiligo
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Summary:Background: Vitiligo is an idiopathic acquired progressive de/hypopigmentary disorder of skin and mucosae. In Indian skin depigmentaion is very much obvious and can cause psychological distress, low self esteem and social stigmatization. Aims: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the psychiatric morbidity in vitiligo patients and secondary objective was to assess the morbidity in all eight dimensions of psychosocial and physical aspects, i.e. cognitive, social, discomfort, limitations, depression, fear, embarrassment and anger. Materials and Methods: An institution based case-control study with sixty-one patients of vitiligo and equal number of healthy age and sex matched controls was undertaken. The self-reporting questionnaire-24 (SRQ-24) and skindex (A 61-item survey questionnaire) were used to assess the psychiatric morbidity in both the groups. Results: The SRQ-assessed psychiatric morbidity in the study group was 63.93%, compared with 24.59% in the control group (P
ISSN:0019-5154
1998-3611
DOI:10.4103/ijd.IJD_142_18