Quality of life in pediatric dermatology. Academic Article Review

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abstract

• Skin disease is highly prevalent in the United States, and it has been well-documented that patients with skin disease experience financial, psychological, social, and quality-of-life (QoL) burdens beyond those of the general population. Pediatric patients and their caregivers are particularly vulnerable to the burden of skin disease. Over the past decade disease-specific indices for QoL measurement in pediatric dermatology have been developed. Most of this research has focused on acne, atopic dermatitis, hemangiomas, ichythosis, psoriasis, and vitiligo. This article provides an overview of QoL assessment in pediatric dermatology for these six conditions.Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

authors

• Brown, Megan M
• Chamlin, Sarah L
• Smidt, Aimee

publication date

• April 2013

published in

• Dermatologic clinics  Journal

Research

keywords

• Adolescent
• Age Factors
• Attitude to Health
• Caregivers
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Dermatology
• Humans
• Infant
• Quality of Life
• Questionnaires
• Severity of Illness Index
• Skin Diseases
• Socioeconomic Factors

Identity

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.det.2012.12.010

PubMed ID

• 23557650

Additional Document Info

start page

• 211

end page

• 221

volume

• 31

number

• 2