The impact of nail disorders on quality of life

The impact of nail disorders on quality of life

Nail disorders have considerable psychological impact and may limit activity by impairing functionality of both fingers and toes. To evaluate the impact of nails disorders on quality of life (QoL). 1063 patients with nail disorders completed an anonymous nail-specific QoL questionnaire consisting of...

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Published in:EJD. European journal of dermatology Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 366 - 371
Main Authors: BELYAYEVA, Elena, GREGORIOU, Stamatis, CHALIKIAS, John, KONTOCHRISTOPOULOS, George, KOUMANTAKI, Elma, MAKRIS, Michael, KOTI, Ioanna, KATOULIS, Alexandros, KATSAMBAS, Andreas, RIGOPOULOS, Dimitris
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Montrouge John Libbey Eurotext 01-05-2013
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Dermatology
Female
Human mycoses
Humans
Infant
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mycoses
Mycoses of the skin
Nail Diseases - psychology
Psoriasis. Parapsoriasis. Lichen
Quality of Life
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
Skin disease
Mycosis
Psoriasis
Dermatology
nail infections
nail tumours
Onychomycosis
Quality of life
Infection
Paronychia
Nail(anatomy)
nail disorders
nail psoriasis
Nail disease
Tumor
paronychia
onychomycosis
quality of life
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Summary:Nail disorders have considerable psychological impact and may limit activity by impairing functionality of both fingers and toes. To evaluate the impact of nails disorders on quality of life (QoL). 1063 patients with nail disorders completed an anonymous nail-specific QoL questionnaire consisting of 24 and 16 questions, respectively, for fingernails and toenails with five possible responses to each question. A score of 1-5 was given to each response and the final score was adjusted on a percentile scale. The subjects were classified in groups according to nail disorders. Statistical analysis was carried out using T-test to compare the means between two groups and ANOVA analysis of variance to compare the impact of quality of life on the different types of nail disorders. Comparison between groups showed a statistically significant higher impact for trauma, onychomycosis, other infections, structure abnormalities, psoriasis, other inflammatory diseases and paronychia and a lower impact for chromonychias and tumours. QoL was statistically significantly more affected in patients having multiple nails involved, women, and in people aged 60-79 years. There was no statistically significant difference on the QoL impact between patients having only fingernails or only toenails involved. Even though published literature tends to focus on the impact of nail psoriasis and onychomycosis on QoL, other nail disorders cause similar frustration to patients. A possible explanation for this is that appearance of the nail has a more significant impact on QoL than the severity of the disorder.
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ISSN:1167-1122
1952-4013
DOI:10.1684/ejd.2013.2048