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QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT IN SKIN TAG PATIENTS putra, imam budi; Jusuf, Nelva Karmila; Kartayana, Johan
Sumatera Medical Journal Vol. 1 No. 01 (2017): The Sumatera Medical Journal
Publisher : Talenta Publisher

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32734/sumej.v1i01.80

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Background: Patients with skin disease may experience clinical symptoms, such as itching, pain, and discomfort, that can have a negative impact on quality of life (QOL).Skin tag is a common benign tumor of the skin with small, soft pedunculated protrusion, it commonly occur in axilla, neck and major flexura area, despitethe lesion usually asimptomatic, sometimes patients complainabout cosmetics appereance, itching or discomfort experienced.Objective : The aim of our study was to assess the impact of skin tag lesion on quality of life of patients.Material and Method: This is a descriptive study with a cross sectional design, involving 50 patients with skin tag lesion who visited the Dermatology outpatient clinic Adam Malik GeneralHospital, Medan from September 2016 to October 2016. Thepatients were filled Indonesian version of skindex-29 questionnaire to measures the effects of skin disorders on their QOL.Results: In this study QOL in skin tag patient was fairly good, 38(76%) subjects had a skindex-29 category score<5, and 12(24%) subjects had a skindex-29 score 6-17. We didn’t findimpaired QOL in all skin tag patients.Conclusion : In this study we concludedskin tag does not affect the quality of life of the patients.
Co-Authors Jusuf, Nelva Karmila Putra, Imam Budi