ArticleActa dermato-venereologica2021
Quality of Life and Psychopathology in Lichen Planus: A Neglected Disease Burden.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Beyond Clinicopathological Criteria: A Practical Management Framework for Oral Lichen Planus.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review of the role of interleukin inhibitors in lichen planus: therapeutic and paradoxical effects.Inflammopharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Inflammatory Nail Disorders in Skin of Color: A Systematic Review of Clinical and Onychoscopic Manifestations.International journal of dermatology · 2025Pooled it
- Global Prevalence of Anxiety, Depression, and Stress Among Patients with Skin Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2024Pooled it
- Therapeutic Efficacy and Safety of Oral Cyclosporine and that of Oral Prednisolone in the Management of Refractory Oral Lichen Planus: A Comparative Study.Indian dermatology online journal · 2026Article
- Impact of Oral Lichen Planus on Quality of Life: A Cross-Sectional Study.European journal of dentistry · 2026Article
- Comorbidity in Lichen Planus: A Retrospective Population-Based Case-Control Study in Sweden.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association between lichen planus, psychiatric comorbidities, and psychiatric medication use.JAAD international · 2025Article
- [Treatment of oral lichen planus-a review].Dermatologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- History, clinical presentation, therapy, and patient reported outcomes of mucosal lichen planus: a cross-sectional study.Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG · 2025Article
- Lichen planus with dysphagia: an interdisciplinary, monocentric study of quality of life and depression.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Lichen Planus: What is New in Diagnosis and Treatment?American journal of clinical dermatology · 2024Review
- Depressive Disorder and Dermatological Autoimmune Diseases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Successful treatment of childhood lichen planus with upadacitinib.Postepy dermatologii i alergologii · 2024Article
- Erosive lichen planus: an unmet disease burden.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Evaluating the Appropriateness of Existing Health-Related Quality of Life Measures in Lichen Planus.Dermatology and therapy · 2023Article
- Patient Experience of Lichen Planus: A Qualitative Exploration of Signs, Symptoms, and Health-Related Quality of Life Impacts.Dermatology and therapy · 2023Article
- Development of the lichen planus quality of life questionnaire (LPQoL) informed by expert clinician input and patient feedback: a retrospective survey study.Archives of dermatological research · 2023Article
- Psychological Functioning of Women Diagnosed with Lichen Planus and Other Diseases of the Oral Cavity-Explorative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Comprehensive Insight into Lichen Planus Immunopathogenesis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
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Abstract
The disease burden of lichen planus and its impact on patients' quality of life have not been well studied. The aim of this mono-centre cross-sectional study was to investigate these factors. From June to September 2020, an anonymous survey was posted to 253 patients, who were diagnosed with lichen planus in our outpatient clinic from January 2018 to June 2020. Quality of life was evaluated using the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), the EuroQol 5-dimension 3-level score, and further quality of life indicators. Beck Depression Inventory II was used to evaluate symptoms of depression. A total of 100 patients completed and returned the survey. Lichen planus affected quality of life in 78% of cases. DLQI was higher for multiple localizations (r = 0.454, p < 0.001). Patients with genital lichen planus had a significantly higher DLQI (mean ± standard deviation (SD) 8.68 ± 6.96) than patients who were not affected in the genital area (5.01 ± 5.49; p = 0.009). DLQI was also significantly higher for ungual lichen planus (9.83 ± 7.6; not affected: 5.65 ± 5.84; p-value 0.039), and for cutaneous LP (mean 8.1, SD 6.22; not affected: 5.63 ± 6.12; p-value 0.045). Twenty-nine percent of patients had mild to moderate symptoms of depression, and 6% had severe symptoms of depression. Depression and reduced quality of life are an undetected and relevant burden affecting patients with lichen planus.
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