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:: Volume 13, Issue 1 (7-2024) ::
scds 2024, 13(1): 61-79 Back to browse issues page
Investigation of the Effect of Facial Skin Diseases on the Quality of Life and Body Image in Patients referred to Skin Clinics in Kerman city, 2023
Sobhan Mohammadi , Atefeh Ahmadi , Simin Shamsi Meymandi
Professor, Stem Cell and Pathology Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Afzalipour Medical Education Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Abstract:   (78 Views)
The level of people's concern about their body image is strongly related to their quality-of-life scores. Considering the importance of the role of facial skin diseases which have the most manifestation in the person's appearance on the quality of life and body image of people, as well as the impact of these diseases on different aspects of life, this study aims to investigate the effect of facial skin diseases on the quality of life and body image of referring patients to the skin disease clinic of Afzalipour hospital in Kerman city. This study is a descriptive cross-sectional survey that has been conducted in the skin clinics of Kerman city in 2023. People filled demographic checklist, Dermatology Life Quality Index and body image concern inventory. The obtained information has been entered into the system for statistical data analysis. The SPSS-23 was used for the statistical analysis of the data. In the current study, 308 patients with facial skin disease were included in the study. The average age of the subjects was 27/26 ± 8/47. The frequency of skin diseases was acne 75.32%, Cutaneous leishmaniasis 9.09%, vitiligo 5.19%, rosacea 4.22%, urticaria 3.90%, and Basal Cell Carcinoma 2.27%.  The results of the current study show that the impact of facial skin diseases on the quality of life and body image of the general population is moderate but under the age of 30, facial skin diseases have had a high impact on the quality of life and body image.

 
Keywords: Body Image, Facial skin diseases, Quality of Life
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2024/02/16 | Accepted: 2024/06/16 | Published: 2025/05/25
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Mohammadi S, Ahmadi A, Shamsi Meymandi S. Investigation of the Effect of Facial Skin Diseases on the Quality of Life and Body Image in Patients referred to Skin Clinics in Kerman city, 2023. scds 2024; 13 (1) :61-79
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