Quality of life, anxiety, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder levels in patients with generalized vitiligo

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Vitiligo is one of the commonest pigmentary disorders associated with significant psychologic burden, owing to its social stigmatization, especially in some cultures. Etiopathogenesis is unknown. Vitiligo may result in decreased self-esteem and impaired quality of life in affected individuals due to malformation. The aim of the study is to assess the quality of life, anxiety, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder in generalized vitiligo patients. METHODS: Sixty patients with diagnosis of vitiligo were included in the study, and 56 healthy individuals matching in terms of age, gender, educational level and marital status were included in the study. Socio-demographic data form, short form 36, quality of life scale, patient anxiety depression scale and Maudsley obsessive compulsive scale were applied to the patient and control group. RESULTS: There was no statistically significant difference in vitiligo patients in terms of quality of life, anxiety, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder according to the control group. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The incidence of psychiatric illness in vitiligo patients was found to be higher in many studies compared to healthy individuals. Unlike the literature, we did not find a significant increase in psychosomatic diseases such as anxiety, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder in vitiligo patients.

Keywords

• generalized vitiligo
• quality of life
• depression
• anksiety
• obsessive compulsive disorders