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They can affect a patient's life quality and can cause depression, anxiety and stress.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aims:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study aimed to evaluate and compare the quality of life index, depression, stress and anxiety in patients with genital dermatoses.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients admitted to the dermatology outpatient clinic with genital skin complaints between October 2020 and March 2021 were included. A questionnaire including demographic information, a 10-item dermatology life quality index (DLQI) and a 21-item depression anxiety stress score (DASS-21) was filled out by the patients and was calculated.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 103 patients were included in this study. Seventy-seven (74.8%) were male and 26 (25.2%) were female. A total of 48.5% (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 50) patients had venereal genital dermatoses, and 51.5% (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 53) of the patients had nonvenereal genital dermatoses. In the venereal diseases, syphilis had the highest DLQI, depression, anxiety and stress score while in the nonvenereal diseases, scabies had the highest DLQI, depression, anxiety and stress score. In the nonvenereal group, the mean DLQI score, depression, anxiety and stress scores were statistically significantly higher than the venereal genital dermatoses group (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.01,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.04,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.03 and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.02).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The quality of life of patients with genital dermatoses is often poor, with significant levels of depression, anxiety and stress. 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