Table 2 Demographic and Clinical variables associated with Dermatology Life Quality Index scores
From: Assessment of quality of life in patients with post kalaazar dermal leishmaniasis
DLQI scores | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Variables | N (%) | Mean ± SD | P value |
Gender | |||
Male | 50 (54.3) | 11.28 ± 4.71 | 0.77 |
Female | 42 (45.6) | 11.57 ± 5.14 | |
Age (year) | |||
< 20 | 31 (33.7) | 12.93 ± 4.88 | 0.03 |
20-40 | 48 (52.2) | 10.16 ± 4.70 | |
> 40 | 13 (14.1) | 12.38 ± 4.68 | |
Marital Status | |||
Single | 49 (53.2) | 11.73 ± 4.94 | 0.5 |
Married | 43 (46.7) | 11.04 ± 4.85 | |
Education | |||
NFE | 23 (25) | 12.3 ± 5.12 | 0.55 |
Primary School | 34 (37) | 11.2 ± 4.48 | |
Secondary School | 23 (25) | 11.65 ± 5.44 | |
College | 12 (13) | 9.83 ± 4.6 | |
Lesion type | |||
Macular | 31 (33.7) | 11.9 ± 4.26 | 0.07 |
Papular | 14 (15.2) | 7.92 ± 4.84 | |
Nodular | 17 (18.5) | 12.29 ± 4.28 | |
Maculopapular | 17 (18.5) | 12.11 ± 5.85 | |
Papulonodular | 13 (14.1) | 11.9 ± 4.85 | |
Treatment type | 0.04 | ||
Under treatment | 41 (44.5) | 10.29 ± 4.82 | |
Before treatment initiation | 51 (55.4) | 12.31 ± 4.80 | |
Severity | |||
Mild | 30 (32.6) | 9.16 ± 4.36 | 0.001 |
Moderate | 42 (45.6) | 11.69 ± 4.17 | |
Severe | 20 (21.7) | 14.2 ± 5.6 | |
Duration of disease (year) | |||
< 1 | 24 (26.1) | 10.1 ± 4.01 | 0.15 |
1-5 | 55 (59.8) | 11.5 ± 5.07 | |
> 5 | 13 (14.1) | 13.3 ± 5.09 | |
Lesion location | |||
Exposed part | 28 (30.4) | 11.28 ± 5.0 | 0.91 |
Unexposed part | 9 (9.8) | 10.88 ± 4.9 | |
Both | 55 (59.8) | 11.56 ± 4.9 | |