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. 2022 May;30(3):409-416.
doi: 10.1111/wrr.13015. Epub 2022 Apr 15.

Quality-of-life of people with keloids and its correlation with clinical severity and demographic profiles

Sakshi Sitaniya  1 , Dharshini Subramani  1 , Avinash Jadhav  1 , Yugal K Sharma  1 , Mahendra S Deora  1 , Aayush Gupta  1
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Quality-of-life of people with keloids and its correlation with clinical severity and demographic profiles

Sakshi Sitaniya et al. Wound Repair Regen. 2022 May.

Abstract

Although the impairment of quality of life (QoL) in individuals with keloids is profound, it has neither been well quantified nor correlated with severity in people with skin of colour. This cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study comprised 110 patients with keloid(s). A physician measured the severity of keloids using the Vancouver Scar scale and impairment of QoL using the patient-filled Hindi version of Dermatology Life Quality Index questionnaire. The relationship among QoL and severity score as well as with components of demographic data was analysed using SPSS. Our study found the severity of keloid(s) to be moderately but significantly correlated with the QoL of its sufferers. Individuals with multiple keloids were found to be significantly younger than those with solitary ones. Itching, pain, along with restricted mobility significantly impacted the QoL as well as severity of keloids. Individuals who had undergone prior treatment were found to have a worse QoL than the treatment naive. Recurrence was found to be associated with lower scar severity, multiple keloids, and younger age. Increasing age, though associated with greater scar severity, lacked any relationship with the QoL. Our study also found that individuals with bigger keloids sought treatment earlier and more often. Hyperpigmented keloid(s), more common in individuals with skin of colour, were associated with a significantly worse QoL and a higher scar severity.

Keywords: keloid; quality of life; severity; skin of colour.

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