Table 1.
Literature review of MelasQoL studies of different ethnicities
| Authors | Language | Sample size | MelasQoL score (mean) | Most affected domains | Correlation to disease severity | Correlation to prior treatments | Correlation to age groups | Correlation to level of education | Correlation to psychological function |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balkrishnan et al. (2003) | English | 102 | 36 | Social life, recreation and leisure, emotional well-being | Moderate (p = 0.30) | Not mentioned | ↑ MelasQoL in 20-40 year olds vs. 31-40 and > 41 years of age groups (p < 0.05) | Not mentioned | ↑ MelasQoL in patients with history of psychiatric disease vs. control (p < 0.001) |
| Cestari et al. (2006), Freitag et al. (2008) | Brazilian Portuguese | 85 | 37.5 | Emotional well-being | No correlation | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | ↑ MelasQoL (< 8 years of formal education), p < 0.05 | ↑ MelasQoL scores in patients with history of psychiatric disease vs. control (p < 0.05) |
| Dominguez et al. (2006) | Spanish | 99 | 42 | Social life, emotional well-being, physical health, money matters | Moderate (p = 0.233) | ↑ Sp-MelasQoL (p < 0.05) | Not mentioned | ↑ MelasQoL, (< 7th grade education) p < 0.05 |
Not mentioned |
| Misery et al. (2010) | French | 28 | 20.9 | Family relationships, social life | Not mentioned | ↑ MelasQoL | ↑ MelasQoL in > 45 year olds vs. < 45 year olds | Not mentioned | Not mentioned |
| Dogramaci et al. (2009) | Turkish | 114 | 29.9 | Appearance of the skin, frustration, feeling unattractive to others, having a restricted sense of freedom | Statistically significant (p < 0.05) | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | ↑ MelasQoL in poor functioning in psychological life domain patients (p < 0.05) |
| Aghaei et al. (2005) | Persian | 147 | 52.83 | Social life, recreation and leisure, emotional well-being | Statistically significant (p < 0.05) | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | Not mentioned |
| Sarkar et al. (2016) | Hindi | 100 | 37.19 | Physical health, social life and emotional well-being | High (p = 0.809) |
Not mentioned | ↑ Hi- MelasQoL in older age groups | Not mentioned | Not mentioned |
MelasQoL, melasma quality of life