Investigation of 134 infantile eczema patients and their family on life quality

ZHANG Xing-ping; LIU-Yue; LIU Jiang-bo

doi:10.11786/sypfbxzz.1674-1293.20140205

Abstract：Objective To explore the impact of infantile eczema on the patient's life quality and their family. Methods The infant's dermatitis quality of life index(IDQOL english version) and dermatitis family impact questionnaire(DFI Chinese version)were used respective to evaluate the quality of life of patients with infantile eczema and their family (n=134);Severity of infantile eczema was determined by parents by an additional question on the IDQOL. Results The mean age of the 134 patients was 5.11±3.03 months old. The mean score for IDQOL was 8.35±4.33 (range 0~18). The mean score for DFI was7.84±4.71 (range 0~21). The ifrst three scores of IDQOL items were symptoms (1.45±0.78), time to get to sleep (1.19±0.98) and mood (1.01±0.76);The ifrst three scores of DFI items were emotion (1.13±0.67), tiredness (1.05±0.78) and sleep of family (1.02±0.81).The IDQOL and DFI scores were well correlated with parental assessment of disease severity (r=0.212, P=0.014;r=0.300, P<0.01) and between each other (r=0.679, P<0.01). The scores of IDQOL and DFI were not signiifcantly different between boys and girls, mother and father, breast milk feeding or other feeding ways, patients with or without family heredity allergy. Conclusion Infantile eczema has marked negative effect on patients and their family's life quality, and the severer the disease is, the greater impact it may have. The ifrst three scores of IDQOL items were symptoms, time to get to sleep and mood. The ifrst three scores of DFI items were emotion, tiredness and sleep of family.