Steinbauer, Julia and Koller, Michael and Kohl, Elisabeth and Karrer, Sigrid and Landthaler, Michael and Szeimies, Rolf-Markus (2011) Quality of life in health care of non-melanoma skin cancer - results of a pilot study. JOURNAL DER DEUTSCHEN DERMATOLOGISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT, 9 (2). pp. 129-135. ISSN 1610-0379,
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Background: Modern patient-oriented medicine increasingly involves psycho social aspects of disease processes in therapy evaluations. We conducted a pilot study on the implementation of a suitable device assessing the quality of life of patients with non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) in clinical routine. Patients and Methods: 52 patients with NMSC were asked to fill out the German version of the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) by A.Y. Finlay. Additionally, one-third of the patients were evaluated by the treating physicians. Results: The questionnaire was well-accepted and completed within a few minutes. Less than 1 % values were missing with respect to individual items. 31 % of patients experienced a moderate to strong impairment of the quality of life. This impairment involved symptoms, emotions, everyday activities, and leisure activities, whereas work and school were of minor importance. The variables age, gender, and diagnosis were of little importance. Conclusions: The limited number of publications available necessitates a step-wise introduction of this topic into the German literature. Data on quality of life could be relevant for the inclusion of NMSC onto the list of occupational diseases in occupations with high UV exposure. Sufficient data have to be generated in follow-up studies of longitudinal design that are based on the present pilot study.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | INSTRUMENT; INDEX; physician patient correlation; Dermatology Life Quality Index; questionnaire; assessment of quality of life; non-melanoma skin cancer |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Dermatologie und Venerologie Medicine > Zentren des Universitätsklinikums Regensburg > Zentrum für Klinische Studien |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jun 2020 06:23 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2020 06:23 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/21299 |
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