A measurement of the stigma among vitiligo and psoriasis patients in India

Background and Aim: The aim is to measure and to compare the level of social participation experienced by vitiligo and psoriasis patients in their domestic and social life in an Indian context. Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study with a sample of 150 cases each of psoriasis and vitiligo, a...

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Published in:Indian journal of dermatology, venereology, and leprology venereology, and leprology, 2011-05, Vol.77 (3), p.300-306
Main Authors: Pichaimuthu, Rajan, Ramaswamy, Premkumar, Bikash, Kar, Joseph, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Care and treatment
Child
Child, Preschool
Clinics
Confidence intervals
Data collection
Diagnosis
Disease
Female
Humans
India - epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Psoriasis
Psoriasis - ethnology
Psoriasis - psychology
Quality of life
Rural Population - statistics & numerical data
Skin diseases
Social Behavior
Social Environment
Social research
Standard of living
Stereotyping
Stigma, participation scale, psoriasis, social issues, vitiligo
Studies
Urban Population - statistics & numerical data
Vitiligo
Vitiligo - ethnology
Vitiligo - psychology
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Summary:Background and Aim: The aim is to measure and to compare the level of social participation experienced by vitiligo and psoriasis patients in their domestic and social life in an Indian context. Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study with a sample of 150 cases each of psoriasis and vitiligo, a total of 300 subjects. A detailed clinical assessment of these two conditions, including the extent of lesions on the affected body parts, socioeconomic status and participation levels in social and domestic lives, was done. Results: The result showed that, 17.3% of vitiligo patients participated minimally in domestic and social life, whereas 28% of psoriasis patients had this problem (P=0.027). Extreme participation restriction was observed only among psoriasis patients (2.7%). Psoriasis patients also faced significantly more restrictions in a number of day-to-day life situations such as, less confidence in learning and applying knowledge, difficulties in meaningfully participating in major life areas like, work, education and employment, and also in community, social and civic life (all three domains P
ISSN:0378-6323
0973-3922
1998-3611
DOI:10.4103/0378-6323.79699