Table 5.
Percentage of answers for each MELASQoL question from melasma patients (N = 150).
| MELASQoL | Likert Scale a | Descriptives | Frequency Distribution |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Questions on… | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Count | Mean | Std. Dev. | |
| Appearance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 77 | 32 | 150 | 5.920 | 0.735 |
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| Frustration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 77 | 32 | 150 | 5.913 | 0.748 | |
| Embarrassment | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 70 | 31 | 150 | 5.807 | 0.862 | |
| Depression | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 79 | 21 | 150 | 5.760 | 0.754 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 39 | 82 | 22 | 150 | 5.793 | 0.742 | |
| Desire | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 40 | 71 | 24 | 150 | 5.667 | 0.943 | |
| Affection | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 44 | 66 | 25 | 150 | 5.647 | 0.953 | |
| Unattractiveness | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 39 | 74 | 24 | 150 | 5.693 | 0.938 | |
| Unproductive | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 37 | 70 | 19 | 150 | 5.520 | 1.018 | |
| Freedom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 41 | 76 | 20 | 150 | 5.660 | 0.901 | |
a 7-point Likert scale ranging from 1 = “Not bothered at all” to 7 = “Constantly bothered”.