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Journal of Clinical and
Basic Psychosomatics Quality of life in patients with atopic dermatitis

Table 2. Analysis of influencing factors of DLQI
Projects DLQI Fisher’s exact test Logistic regression analysis
No or little Have a certain Chi‑square P‑value Wald P‑value OR (95% CI)
influence (%) influence (%) value
Gender
Male 13 (30.2) 17 (27.0) 0.827 0.861 0.353 -
Female 30 (69.8) 46 (73.0)
Age
25 and below 11 (25.6) 20 (31.7) 2.235 0.54 4.05 0.256 -
26 – 35 years old 15 (34.9) 22 (34.9)
36 – 45 years old 10 (23.3) 8 (12.7)
46 years old and above 7 (16.3) 13 (20.6)
Education level
Middle school and below 11 (25.6 ) 10 (15.9) 2.813 0.267 1.538 0.463 -
University 24 (55.8) 45 (71.4)
Graduate student and above 8 (18.6) 8 (12.7)
Employment status
Unemployed 20 (46.5) 25 (39.7) 0.55 0.799 0.371 -
Employed 23 (53.5) 38 (60.3)
Working environment
Indoor 33 (76.7) 45 (71.4) 0.553 0.806 2.358 0.308 -
Outdoor 1 (2.3) 3 (4.8)
Both 9 (20.9) 15 (23.8)
Work nature
Light 6 (14.0) 11 (17.5) 1.607 0.69 2.738 0.434 -
Intellectual 24 (55.8) 39 (61.9)
Manual 4 (9.3) 3 (4.8)
Heavy 9 (20.9) 10 (15.9)
Atopic comorbidities
None 33 (76.7) 47 (74.6) 0.063 0.823 0.063 0.801 -
Exist 10 (23.3) 16 (25.4)
HADS-A 3.0 (1.0 – 4.0) 6.0 (3.0 – 8.0) −4.484 <0.01 -
HADS-D 5.0 (4.0 – 9.0) 9.0 (5.0 – 12.0) −3.331 <0.01 -
Note: The logistic regression equation did not include variables with P>0.05, so there was no odds ratio (OR) value for this variable, and HADS-A and
HADS-D were not subjected to multivariate analysis.
Abbreviation: DLQI: Dermatology life quality index.

comorbidities) while having a middle school education or HADS-D . A study from Taiwan, China, showed that
[30]
below and outdoor working environment are the risk factors abnormal HADS-A and HADS-D scores were associated
of HADS-D. According to an American research report, with high AD severity but not with other sociodemographic
in addition to the evaluation of AD severity, the HADS-A factors, including age, gender, marital status, education level,
score is related to age, and the HADS-D score is related to and BMI . A study from Malaysia showed that gender,
[31]
race . A related survey of the burden of disease in US AD employment status, education level, monthly household
[1]
patients showed that people with higher levels of education income, marital status, early onset AD (≤5 years), duration
were less likely to have moderate to severe disease . Other of AD, and personal or family history of atopic medical
[27]
studies from China suggest that the risk factors for HADS-A conditions and underlying medical conditions were not
include ethnic minority, divorce, and middle school and associated with anxiety or depressive symptoms while only
below education while being unmarried is a risk factor for severe sleep deprivation and hospitalization in the past year

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