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versão impressa ISSN 0120-4157versão On-line ISSN 2590-7379
Resumo
CUERVO, Miguel Mateo; SANCLEMENTE, Gloria e BARRERA, Lina Marcela. Clinical and sociodemographic features and quality of life in patients with atopic dermatitis who attended dermatology teaching clinics in Medellín, Antioquia and its metropolitan area. Biomed. [online]. 2021, vol.41, n.4, pp.676-691. Epub 15-Dez-2021. ISSN 0120-4157. https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.5978.
Introduction:
Atopic dermatitis is a cutaneous, inflammatory, chronic disease, very frequent in the world and it imposes a high clinical and quality of life impact in patients. To date there are no local studies describing the general features in our population.
Objective:
To evaluate the socio demographic, clinical and life quality features in patients with atopic dermatitis from Medellín city and its metropolitan area.
Materials and methods:
cross sectional, descriptive study, that included patients who attended some teaching dermatological clinics. Data collection included sociodemographic and clinical features in addition to clinical issues and quality of life measurements.
Results:
A total of 13 patients were included. 36,3% manifested a sleeping disturbance, 38,1% attention deficit; 44,2% reported asthma in the childhood. EASI and SCORAD scores were 6,9 and 32,4, respectively, which indicates a mild-moderate compromise. Regarding quality of Life, Skindex-29 showed average scores for the symptomatic, emotional and functional dominions of 37,7, 25,09 and 16,9, respectively, and a total score of 24,78. In EQ-5D scores, the most altered component was the presence of pain or discomfort (17,6%) and the presence of anxiety or depression (12,1%), which enhances the symptomatic and emotional impact of the disease.
Conclusion:
These results confirm that patients with atopic dermatitis present similar features to those reported in other studies from different countries, highlighting the burden of the disease in adults and its impact in neuropsychiatric and emotional domains.,
Palavras-chave : Dermatitis, atopic/epidemiology, quality of life; sleeping; depression.