ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 7

Psychosocial impact on a healthy lifestyle of patients with vitiligo among the population of Uzbekistan

*Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Dermatology and Cosmetology Bukhara branch, Bukhara State Medical Institute, Republic of Uzbekistan, Email id: baxamed_0848@mail.ru

**Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Dermatology and Cosmetology Bukhara branch, Bukhara State Medical Institute, Republic of Uzbekistan, Email id: ikhtiyorlatipov@gmail.com

Online Published on 16 September, 2022.

Abstract

Since patients with vitiligo in Uzbekistan have a relatively darker skin colour, the centre of depigmentation are more pronounced on darker skin, and this is an important factor associated with the disease. A survey of 50 patients was conducted to study how the disease affects the patient's social life, psychosocial status and healthy lifestyle.

Keywords

Uzbek, Marriage, Profession, Psychosocial Impact, Vitiligo, Concern