Psychological Burden and Quality of Life in Stable and Unstable Vitiligo: A Prospective Observational Study
Keywords:
vitiligo; disease stability; quality of life; DLQI; VIS-22; depression; anxiety; stress; DASS-21; psychosocial burdenAbstract
Background :-Vitiligo is a chronic depigmenting disease withvisible cutaneous changes that may result inserious psychosocial consequences. Althoughdisease activity is clinically relevant fortreatment decisions, the relationship betweenclinical stability and psychological burden isless consistently described. This study aimed toevaluate quality of life and psychological
symptoms of patients with stable and unstable vitiligo.
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