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Table 3 Mean scores of Skindex-29 total scale and domains in the study patients and patients with common skin diseases from the literatures

From: Factors affecting health-related quality of life in patients with skin disease: cross-sectional results from 8,789 patients with 16 skin diseases

Skindex-29

Total

Mean (SD)

Symptoms

Mean (SD)

Emotions

Mean (SD)

Functioning

Mean (SD)

Sample size

Total sample

36.6 (20.9)

34.4 (20.2)

43.0 (24.8)

32.9 (24.0)

9845

 Acne

37.6 (19.3)

33.1 (18.5)

47.7 (23.9)

32.4 (22.1)

2947

 Psoriasis

44.7 (21.6)

38.7 (19.6)

51.0 (25.0)

44.6 (25.8)

1335

 Eczema

40.2 (21.6)

42.9 (20.5)

42.7 (23.9)

35.5 (24.8)

1275

 Urticaria

33.4 (18.4)

35.5 (17.6)

35.3 (21.2)

29.8 (21.2)

721

 Alopecia

21.2 (16.0)

15.8 (14.6)

29.3 (21.1)

18.5 (18.3)

260

Samples from published studies

 Acne [6]

NA

29.5 (17.9)

34.9 (21.4)

20.3 (20.0)

1878

 Psoriasis [16]

33.6 (16.5)

46.4 (18.4)

34.0 (20.2)

20.6 (19.1)

330

 Hand eczema [17]

30.3 (17.5)

50.5 (21.1)

32.0 (23.2)

17.2 (16.9)

140

 Urticaria [18]

NA

34.7 (8.4)

26.3 (11.2)

23.9 (7.5)

126

 Alopecia Areata [9]

NA

12.9 (14.4)

36.2 (25.8)

22.0 (22.6)

60

  1. The cut-off scores for severely impaired HRQoL were 52, 39, 37 and 44 for symptoms, emotions, functioning domain and total score respectively. Values in bold were larger than the cut-off scores for severely impaired HRQoL
  2. SD standard deviation, NA not available