Psychosocial effects of vitiligo: a systematic literature review

K Ezzedine, V Eleftheriadou, H Jones, K Bibeau… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Patients with vitiligo experience reduced quality of life. Objective To
comprehensively describe the available evidence for psychosocial burden in vitiligo …

Vitiligo and anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis

A Kussainova, L Kassym, A Akhmetova, N Glushkova… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Vitiligo is an acquired depigmenting skin disease which is often accompanied
by mental distress. There are numerous studies dedicated to local and global prevalence of …

Vitiligo and depression: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies

YC Lai, YW Yew, C Kennedy… - British Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Vitiligo is a common depigmenting disorder with profound psychosocial impacts. Previous
observational studies have suggested a link between vitiligo and psychiatric morbidity, such …

Social anxiety and quality of life in vitiligo and acne patients with facial involvement: a cross-sectional controlled study

A Salman, E Kurt, V Topcuoglu, Z Demircay - American journal of clinical …, 2016 - Springer
Background Vitiligo and acne vulgaris, commonly affecting the face, have significant
psychological effects and impair the quality of life of the affected individuals. Because of their …

The prevalence of psychological comorbidity in people with vitiligo: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

O Osinubi, MJ Grainge, L Hong… - British Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Vitiligo is a chronic disorder causing skin depigmentation with global
prevalence varying from 0· 2% to 1· 8%. UK guidelines recommend assessment of …

Gender differences in depression, coping, stigma, and quality of life in patients of vitiligo

NS Sawant, NA Vanjari… - Dermatology research and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Though vitiligo is one of the psychodermatological disorders which do not cause direct
physical impairment, it is cosmetically disfiguring leading to serious psychological problems …

Quality of life and psychological morbidity in vitiligo patients: a study in a teaching hospital from north-East India

LN Sangma, J Nath, D Bhagabati - Indian journal of dermatology, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Vitiligo is an acquired discoloration of skin and mucous membrane of great
cosmetic importance affecting 1-4% of the world's population. It causes disfiguration in all …

The prevalence and odds of depression in patients with vitiligo: a meta‐analysis

G Wang, D Qiu, H Yang, W Liu - Journal of the European …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The objective of this study was to provide a pooled estimate of the prevalence and
odds of depression in patients with vitiligo. Methods A systematic literature search of …

Meta‐analytic review of high anxiety comorbidity among patients with vitiligo

J Liu, R Tang, Y Xiao, M Luo, Y Shi… - BioMed Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Vitiligo is a disfiguring skin disease with profound psychosocial impacts, such
as anxiety, but the reported effect sizes of associations vary. We aimed to conduct a meta …

Vitiligo and psychiatric morbidity: a profile from a vitiligo clinic of a rural-based tertiary care center of eastern India

S Sarkar, T Sarkar, A Sarkar, S Das - Indian Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: Vitiligo is an idiopathic acquired progressive de/hypopigmentary disorder of
skin and mucosae. In Indian skin depigmentaion is very much obvious and can cause …