Table 2.

Responses for 283 patients on three Skindex-16 domains^*

Domains	Never bothered (%)	Rarely bothered (%)	Sometimes (%)	Bothered most of the time (%)	Always bothered (%)
Symptom domain questions
Itching	37.8	18.4	14.1	12	17.7
Burning or stinging	56.5	12.7	12	9.2	9.5
Pain	64.3	13.1	8.1	7.8	6.7
Skin irritation	32.2	19.4	15.2	14.8	18.4
Total mean percent score (±SD)	31.45 ± 28.40
Emotional domain questions
Persistence/recurrence	19.1	12	23.3	21.6	24
Worry (eg, spreading, getting worse, scarring, unpredictability)	17.3	11.3	14.1	22.6	34.6
Appearance	18	14.1	24.4	18.7	24.7
Frustration	42.4	14.5	16.6	13.4	13.1
Embarrassment	37.8	10.6	18.4	14.5	18.7
Being annoyed	36.7	18.4	17.3	13.1	14.5
Feeling depressed	56.2	14.8	10.2	10.2	8.5
Total mean % score (±SD)	44.27 (±27.06)
Functional domain questions
Effects on interactions with others	66.1	11.3	7.1	8.5	7.1
Effects on the desire to be with people	71.7	8.8	5.7	5.7	8.1
Difficult to show affection	78.8	6.4	6	3.2	5.7
Effects on daily activities	85.5	3.5	6	2.8	2.1
Hard to work or do enjoyable activities	74.2	8.5	6.4	4.6	6.4
Total mean % score (±SD)	14.61 (±22.75)
Total score percentage (±SD)	31.80 (±20.16)

Note:

^*Higher score reflects a greater impact on quality of life.

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.