Skin diseases can have a major impact on patients' lives in terms of psychological well-being, social functioning and everyday activities. Assessment of patients' quality of life has become an important endpoint in clinical trials in addition to the traditional clinical outcomes. The Department of Dermatology of Cardiff University has played a major role in the development and validation of Quality of Life measures for use in dermatology. The following are the Key Quality of Life measures developed by this team. Click on each for more details, including full text, translations, instructions and references.
» The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI)
» The Children's Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI)
» The Family Dermatology Life Quality Index (FDLQI)
» The Psoriasis Disability Index (PDI)
» The Dermatitis Family Impact Questionnaire (DFI)
» The Infant's Dermatitis Quality of Life Index (IDQOL)
» The Cardiff Acne Disability Index (CADI)
There are over 100 articles and over 130 published abstracts from Professor Finlay and colleagues in this area.
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Key references or
full reference and abstracts list.
For general queries:
E-mail: dermqol@cf.ac.uk
Other contacts:
Dr. Mohammad K. A. Basra: BasraMK@cf.ac.uk
(Technical aspects and permission to use)
Mrs Joy Hayes (financial aspects): HayesJ@cf.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Y Finlay: FinlayAY@cf.ac.uk
Address:
Department of Dermatology
Cardiff University School of Medicine
Heath Park, Cardiff
CF14 4XN
United Kingdom
Te: +44 (0)29 2074 4721
Fax: +44 (0)29 2074 4321