Burden of vitiligo on Chinese patients: An online survey

白癜风 医学 传统医学 梅德林 皮肤病科 环境卫生 政治学 法学
作者
Abdulrahman A. A. Amer,Yan Wu,Chunying Li,Juan Du,Hong Jia,Shanshan Li,Chuantao Tu,Qiang Li,Hongxia Liu,Mengli Zhang,Tao Lu,Jinsong Liu,Aihua Mei,Han Liu,Fei Tian,Chong Lu,Zihan Li,Cao Lu,Xiao-Zhi Gao
出处
期刊:Chinese Medical Journal [Lippincott Williams & Wilkins]
卷期号:136 (19): 2365-2367
标识
DOI:10.1097/cm9.0000000000002429
摘要

To the Editor: Vitiligo is a chronic disease that impacts many aspects of a patient's life. The prevalence of vitiligo has been increasing, and currently involves up to 0.5% to 2% of all races worldwide.[1] Although this condition very rarely produces any direct physical discomfort, the cosmetic problems and disfiguring appearance resulting from the depigmented lesions severely affect the quality of life (QoL) in these individuals.[2] In this report, participating dermatologists invited vitiligo patients (>16 years of age) to complete a detailed online questionnaire. The study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of the First Hospital of China Medical University (No. 2020-266). Before participation in this survey, patients were required to submit an online informed consent form. The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) was used to evaluate patients’ perceptions regarding their QoL due to the disease, with higher DLQI scores indicating greater impairments in their QoL. From a total of 2180 invited patients, 1662 completed the questionnaires resulting in a 76.2% response rate. The gender of the patients was equally represented and not significantly different (P = 0.71) with 823 males (49.5%) and 839 females (50.5%) participating. The mean age of the patients was 38.8 ± 11.5 (range: 16.0–86.0) years. A family history of vitiligo was reported in 217 of these patients (13.1%). The mean age of vitiligo onset was 24.3 ± 12.8 years, indicating that vitiligo predominantly affects the younger population. Mean duration of vitiligo was 14.6 ± 10.9 years. Symptoms of vitiligo primarily presented at exposed sites (55.4%, n = 921) and were initially observed mostly in summer (42.6%, n = 708) and spring (40.0%, n = 664). We speculated that this time of onset suggests a link between vitiligo and overexposure to sunlight or the isomorphic phenomenon following local trauma. Additional information on the details of demographic and clinical characteristics of these patients is contained in Supplementary Tables 1 and 2, https://links.lww.com/CM9/B337. The majority of these patients, 79.0% (n = 1313), attributed specific causes as being related to their disease. Life stresses were reported as the most common causes (26.5%, 441/1662), followed by sleep disturbances (17.4%, 290/1662). Such responses provide strong evidence in support of psycho-neuro systems as being involved in the occurrence and development of vitiligo.[3] Results of our survey revealed that 19.0% (n = 316) of these patients experienced other vitiligo-related comorbidities, with thyroid disorders being the most prevalent (6.7%, n = 111). This finding convincingly suggests that vitiligo and autoimmune thyroid diseases may share an etiologic basis and highlights the need for thyroid screening before and during the treatment of vitiligo.[4] Other recorded disorders related with vitiligo included diabetes (2.6%, n = 44), asthma (2.5%, n = 41), atopic dermatitis (1.6%, n = 26), alopecia areata (1.3%, n = 21), and anemia (1.0%, n = 17). Over half of these patients (54.6%, n = 907) received internal medication for the management of their disease, with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) being the most often administered internal treatment option (24.3%, n = 404). TCM is often prescribed as a ready-made or personalized cocktail mix comprised of various ingredients that are particularly favored and accepted in China due to their claims of fewer side effects. Systemic steroids were utilized less than TCM and immunomodulators, which may be related to an increased knowledge of adverse effects resulting from the administration of systemic steroids. Aside from TCM, other treatments consisted of tacrolimus, being the most commonly used topical treatment (22.6%, n = 375), followed by camouflage (19.9%, n = 331) and topical steroids (17.5%, n = 291). Among all of these treatment options, camouflage was found to comprise the longest average duration of treatment (33.9 months) [Supplementary Figure 1, https://links.lww.com/CM9/B337]. With regard to the level of satisfaction of vitiligo treatments, camouflage was rated as the most satisfactory therapy (1.47 ± 0.85), followed by narrowband UV-B phototherapy (0.93 ± 0.85), and 308 nm excimer laser (0.89 ± 0.86). Patients were significantly less satisfied with the use of topical steroids (0.59 ± 0.76) as compared with both topical calcineurin inhibitors (P = 0.001; Figure 1). In view of these findings, we concluded that vitiligo patients prefer treatments that are generally considered safe options, regardless of their efficacy.Figure 1: Satisfaction levels of all treatment options as ordered by mean scores obtained for each treatment. UVA: Ultraviolet A; UVB: Ultraviolet B.These patients spent between RMB 3000 and 200,000 yuan for their vitiligo treatments, with the majority (23.8%, n = 395) spending RMB 10,000 to 30,000 yuan. The minimal cost as reported by 14.3% (n = 238) was
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