Quality of life in patients with vitiligo: a cross-sectional study based on Vitiligo Quality of Life index (VitiQoL)

Table 4 VitiQol and descriptive demographic characteristics of patients with vitiligo

		Number	Mean of VitiQol	Standard deviation of VitiQol	Median of VitiQol	P value
Treatment group	General Clinic	93	28.80	14.64	28.5	0.107
Treatment group	Phototherapy Clinic	80	32.40	14.30	33	0.107
Gender	Female	84	31.70	15.20	32.5	0.006
Gender	Male	89	29.73	13.85	30	0.006
Age	16–19	28	30.82	16.40	27.5	0.026
	20–29	49	34.32	12.43	36
	30–39	56	29.23	14.25	27.5
	> = 40	40	28.65	15.47	28.5
Disease duration (years)	<5	63	27.60	14.95	24	0.037
	5- < 10	33	34.63	15.57	36
	10- < 15	37	31.78	13.51	35
	15- < 20	13	28.76	12.65	29
	> = 20	27	32.74	13.39	32
Education	Illiterate	4	37.00	13.44	38.5	0.667
	Grade 1–11	44	32.34	16.05	35
	Grade 12	76	30.21	14.23	30
	University education	49	29.81	13.68	28
Skin phototype (Fitzpatrick scale)	1,2	4	34.50	17.71	29.5	0.408
	3,4	153	31.15	14.16	32
	5,6	16	26.43	17.05	22
Type of disease	Generalized	148	31.61	14.39	32	0.161
	Localized	15	28.20	13.87	27
	Segmental	10	24.46	15.01	20
Disease progression	Improving	82	31.82	14.38	32	0.296
	No change	33	32.42	14.17	34
	Slowly progressive	40	26.95	15.68	25
	Rapidly progressive	18	31.66	11.98	33
Response to treatment	Poor	50	31.16	15.29	30	0.195
	Moderate	53	31.83	13.13	33
	Appropriate	65	30.72	14.95	30
	No treatment^a	5	17.20	10.03	14
Previous or current psychiatric disease	Yes	17	36.41	12.84	38	0.066
Previous or current psychiatric disease	No	156	29.91	14.58	30	0.066
Another visible skin disorder other than vitiligo	Yes	9	22.77	11.02	20	0.102
Another visible skin disorder other than vitiligo	No	164	30.98	14.62	32	0.102

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