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Using the Dermatology Life Quality Index (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DLQI<\/jats:styled-content>), we investigated different scar types regarding their impact on quality of life.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We assessed the quality of life in 130 patients presenting to our outpatient scar clinic for the first time using the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DLQI<\/jats:styled-content>. Scars were analysed according to their clinical appearance (physiological scars, keloids, hypertrophic scars, atrophic scars, self\u2010harm scars). Physiological scars were established as a baseline for further comparison between groups.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients in the physiological scar group scored a mean <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DLQI<\/jats:styled-content> score of 2.07\u00a0\u00b1\u00a03.56, patients in the keloid\u2010, hypertrophic scar\u2010, atrophic scar\u2010 and self\u2010harm scar group scored values of 6.06\u00a0\u00b1\u00a04.00, 2.53\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.48, 7.26\u00a0\u00b1\u00a06.72 and 12.00\u00a0\u00b1\u00a03.85 respectively. When compared to the baseline group the difference in the overall score for keloids was +3.99 (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001), hypertrophic scars scored +0.45 (ns), atrophic scars +5.19 (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.01) and self\u2010harm scars +9.93 (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Using the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DLQI<\/jats:styled-content>, we could demonstrate that different subsets of pathological scars do affect patients in a different magnitude. The <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DLQI<\/jats:styled-content> provides a promising adjunct for quantifying the quality of life in patients suffering from keloids, atrophic\u2010 and self\u2010harm scars and may constitute an interesting additional tool for monitoring the progress of scar treatments.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jdv.13135","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,4,10]],"date-time":"2015-04-10T23:21:42Z","timestamp":1428708102000},"page":"2112-2119","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":48,"title":["The dermatology life quality index as a means to assess life quality in patients with different scar types"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"29","author":[{"given":"M.","family":"Reinholz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology and Allergy Ludwig\u2010Maximilian University Munich Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"J.","family":"Poetschke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology and Allergy Ludwig\u2010Maximilian University Munich Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"H.","family":"Schwaiger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology and Allergy Ludwig\u2010Maximilian University Munich Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A.","family":"Epple","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology and Allergy Ruprecht\u2010Karls University Heidelberg Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"T.","family":"Ruzicka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology and Allergy Ludwig\u2010Maximilian University Munich Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"G. 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