Table 3.

Quality of life levels and scores in different Skindex-16 domains for 283 patients by gender^*

Quality of life domains	Poor (<50%)		Moderate (50%–75%)		Good (>75%)		% mean score
	No	%	No	%	No	%
Symptoms domain
Male	10	9.6	19	18.3	75	72.1	32.21 (±28.14)
Female	19	10.6	30	16.8	130	72.6	31.1 (±28.63)
Total	29	10.2	49	17.3	205	72.4	31.45 (±28.40)
χ2 = 0.153, df 2, P = 0.926
Emotion domain
Male	15	14.4	49	27.4	61	58.7	40.73 (±28.79)
Female	28	15.6	28	26.9	102	57.0	46.33 (±25.87)
Total	43	15.2	77	27.2	163	57.6	44.27 (±27.06)
χ2 = 0.101, df 2, P = 0.951
Functioning domain
Male	3	2.9	12	11.5	89	85.6	17.07 (±25.09)
Female	2	1.1	19	10.6	158	88.3	13.18 (±21.22)
Total	5	1.8	31	11.0	247	87.3	14.61 (±22.75)
χ2 = 1.269, df 2, P = 0.530
Total Skindex scale
Male	3	2.9	19	18.3	82	78.8	31.20 (±21.60)
Female	7	3.9	30	16.8	142	79.3	32.14 (±19.32)
Total	10	3.5	49	17.3	224	79.2	31.80 (±20.16)
χ2 = 0.284, df 2, P = 0.867

Notes:

^*Higher score reflects a greater impact on quality of life; χ², Pearson Chi-squared test.