PMID- 26074170
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160804
LR  - 20151017
IS  - 1524-475X (Electronic)
IS  - 1067-1927 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 5
DP  - 2015 Sep
TI  - Quality of life in Greek family members living with leg ulcer patients.
PG  - 778-80
LID - 10.1111/wrr.12326 [doi]
AB  - Leg ulcers have been shown to have a significant impact on a patient's quality of 
      life (QoL). Little is known, however, about the secondary impact of the disease 
      on the QoL of the relatives and partners of patients with leg ulcers. The aim of 
      this study was to explore the impact of chronic leg ulcers on the lives of both 
      patients and their family members. Two hundred sixteen patients with leg ulcers 
      and their family members were recruited. All patients entered were evaluated for 
      QoL using the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) scale, and family members 
      were similarly evaluated using the Family Dermatology Life Quality Index 
      (FDLQI).The study included 56 female and 52 male patients, and 50 female and 58 
      male family members. The FDLQI score for the latter group was 14.37 +/- 2.46 with 
      over 96% of family members reporting a large effect on their QoL due to their 
      relative's disease. The DLQI score in patients with leg ulcers was 13.18 +/- 2.88. 
      A significant positive and high correlation between DLQI and FDLQI scores 
      (r = 0.71, p < 0.001) was documented, while DLQI contributed significantly to the 
      prediction of FDLQI (standardized beta = 0.71, p < 0.001). Our study results 
      indicate that the QoL of the family was also affected by the patient's condition 
      of chronic leg ulcers and clearly associated with that of the patients.
CI  - (c) 2015 by the Wound Healing Society.
FAU - Kouris, Anargyros
AU  - Kouris A
AD  - Department of Dermatology and Venereology, "Andreas Sygros" Skin Hospital, 
      Athens, Greece.
FAU - Christodoulou, Christos
AU  - Christodoulou C
AD  - 2nd Department of Psychiatry, "Attikon" University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
FAU - Efstathiou, Vasiliki
AU  - Efstathiou V
AD  - 2nd Department of Psychiatry, "Attikon" University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
FAU - Chatzimichail, Iakovoula
AU  - Chatzimichail I
AD  - Department of Dermatology and Venereology, "Andreas Sygros" Skin Hospital, 
      Athens, Greece.
FAU - Zakopoulou, Nikoletta
AU  - Zakopoulou N
AD  - Department of Dermatology and Venereology, "Andreas Sygros" Skin Hospital, 
      Athens, Greece.
FAU - Zouridaki, Eftychia
AU  - Zouridaki E
AD  - Department of Dermatology and Venereology, "Andreas Sygros" Skin Hospital, 
      Athens, Greece.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20150914
PL  - United States
TA  - Wound Repair Regen
JT  - Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society 
      [and] the European Tissue Repair Society
JID - 9310939
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Family/*psychology
MH  - Family Relations/*psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Greece/epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Leg Ulcer/diagnosis/epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Wound Healing/*physiology
EDAT- 2015/06/16 06:00
MHDA- 2016/08/05 06:00
CRDT- 2015/06/16 06:00
PHST- 2015/04/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/06/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/06/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/06/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/08/05 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/wrr.12326 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Wound Repair Regen. 2015 Sep;23(5):778-80. doi: 10.1111/wrr.12326. Epub 2015 Sep 
      14.