TY - JOUR
KW - Infectious Diseases
KW - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
KW - General Medicine
KW - Parasitology
AU - Lake SJ
AU - Engelman D
AU - Sokana O
AU - Nasi T
AU - Boara D
AU - Marks M
AU - Whitfeld MJ
AU - Romani L
AU - Kaldor JM
AU - Steer AC
AU - Carvalho N
AB - <p>Background</p>

<p>Scabies causes intense itching and skin lesions. A small number of studies have shown that scabies impacts health-related quality of life (HRQoL), but no studies have been conducted in the Pacific region. We assessed the impact of scabies on HRQoL in a high-prevalence setting using the Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) and Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). We also assessed the validity of these tools in a Pacific Island population.</p>

<p>Methods</p>

<p>The study was conducted in the Solomon Islands. Participants with and without skin disease were randomly selected. HRQoL indices were scored on a scale of 0–30.</p>

<p>Results</p>

<p>We surveyed 1051 adults (91 with scabies) and 604 children (103 with scabies). Scabies had a small impact on HRQoL, with a median DLQI score of 2 (interquartile range [IQR] 0–6) and a CDLQI score of 2 (IQR 0–4). Scores increased linearly with severity. The greatest impact on QoL was due to itch, sleep disturbance and impacts on education and employment.</p>

<p>Conclusions</p>

<p>Scabies has a small but measurable impact on HRQoL. The DLQI and CDLQI scores were discriminated between the skin-related QoL of patients with scabies and the control group, indicating that these tools are appropriate to measure skin-related QoL in the Solomon Islands.</p>

BT - Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
DO - 10.1093/trstmh/trab096
IS - 2
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Background</p>

<p>Scabies causes intense itching and skin lesions. A small number of studies have shown that scabies impacts health-related quality of life (HRQoL), but no studies have been conducted in the Pacific region. We assessed the impact of scabies on HRQoL in a high-prevalence setting using the Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) and Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). We also assessed the validity of these tools in a Pacific Island population.</p>

<p>Methods</p>

<p>The study was conducted in the Solomon Islands. Participants with and without skin disease were randomly selected. HRQoL indices were scored on a scale of 0–30.</p>

<p>Results</p>

<p>We surveyed 1051 adults (91 with scabies) and 604 children (103 with scabies). Scabies had a small impact on HRQoL, with a median DLQI score of 2 (interquartile range [IQR] 0–6) and a CDLQI score of 2 (IQR 0–4). Scores increased linearly with severity. The greatest impact on QoL was due to itch, sleep disturbance and impacts on education and employment.</p>

<p>Conclusions</p>

<p>Scabies has a small but measurable impact on HRQoL. The DLQI and CDLQI scores were discriminated between the skin-related QoL of patients with scabies and the control group, indicating that these tools are appropriate to measure skin-related QoL in the Solomon Islands.</p>

PB - Oxford University Press (OUP)
PY - 2021
SP - 148
EP - 156
T2 - Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
TI - Health-related quality of life impact of scabies in the Solomon Islands
UR - https://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https://academic.oup.com/trstmh/article-pdf/116/2/148/42793800/trab096.pdf&hl=en&sa=T&oi=ucasa&ct=ufr&ei=ipY4Yu6yCoyNygS33I_YDw&scisig=AAGBfm0N0Cn1pGzaeBHkbDNuDPk8RupkjA
VL - 116
SN - 0035-9203, 1878-3503
ER -