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Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine ›› 2013, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (05): 580-583.DOI: 10.1016/s0254-6272(14)60024-8

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Reliability and validity of dermatology life quality index: assessment of quality of life in human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients with pruritic papular eruption

Zhibin Liu, Zheng Xie, Li Zhang, Yantao Jin, Huijun Guo, Ziqiang Jiang, Xiumin Chen, Jun Yuan   

  1. Department of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Treatment and Research Center, the First Affiliat-ed Hospital of Henan University ofTraditional Chinese Medi-cine;Key Laboratory of Viral Dis-eases Prevention andTreatment ofTraditional Chinese Medi-cine of Henan Province;Department of Acquired Im-mune Deficiency Syndrome Treatment and Research Center,the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Tradition-al Chinese Medicine;
  • Accepted:2013-10-15 Online:2013-10-15 Published:2013-10-15

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Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To test the reliability and validity of dermatology life quality index(DLQI) in simplified Chinese language by assessing the quality of life(QoL) in HIV(human immunodeficiency virus)/AIDS(Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) patients with pruritic papular eruption(PPE). METHODS: A study of simplified-Chinese-versiond from10 questions with the principal component analysis and the contribution rate of the 3 common factors was 59.95%. CONCLUSION: The simplified-Chinese-version DIQL is an acceptable and valid scale for HIV/AIDS patients with PPE. It can be used to evaluate the QoL of HIV/AIDS patients with PPE in China.

Key words: Quality of life, Dermatology, HIV, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Pruritic papular eruption

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Zhibin Liu, Zheng Xie, Li Zhang, Yantao Jin, Huijun Guo, Ziqiang Jiang, Xiumin Chen, Jun Yuan. Reliability and validity of dermatology life quality index: assessment of quality of life in human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients with pruritic papular eruption[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2013, 33(05): 580-583.