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Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI)-a simple practical measure for routine clinical use by A.Y. FINLAY; G.K. KHAN is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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 dermarology 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 (16%, s.d. 3-5) compared wirh the mean Materials and Methods disability experienced by patients with different skin diseases and non-dermatological disease.'' The UKSIP is useful in a research environment but has the disadvantage of being a lengthy questionnaire and impractical for routine use in a busy dermatology clinic. There is a need for a simple, compact uniform measure, applicable to patients with any skin disease, for use as an assessment tool in routine daily clinical practice. This paper describes the developme
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- Author
- A.Y. FINLAY; G.K. KHAN
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)