An International Multi-center Study on Self-assessed and Family Quality of Life in Children with Atopic Dermatitis

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://adc.mef.hr/index.php/adc/article/view/1792" target="_blank" >http://adc.mef.hr/index.php/adc/article/view/1792</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

An International Multi-center Study on Self-assessed and Family Quality of Life in Children with Atopic Dermatitis

Original language description

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common childhood chronic inflammatory skin condition that greatly affects the quality of life (QoL) of affected children and their families. The aim of our study was to assess QoL and family QoL of children with AD from 4 different countries and then compare the data, evaluating the effects of AD severity and age of children. Data on the Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) and the Dermatitis Family Impact (DFI) questionnaires and the SCORAD index of 167 AD children 5-16 years old from Ukraine, Czech Republic, Singapore, and Italy was used for the study. SCORAD correlated with the CDLQI in all 4 countries and with DFI in all countries except Singapore. Only in Czech children did the CDLQI correlate with their age. No significant correlations between age and DFI results were found. AD symptoms and expenditures related to AD were highly scored in all countries. Impact of AD on friendship and relations between family members were among the lower sc

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FO - Dermatology and venereology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

ISSN

1330-027X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

23

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CR - COSTA RICA

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

247-253

UT code for WoS article

000367704400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84952030589