ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2024
Quality of life among adults with scabies: A community-based cross-sectional study in north-western Ethiopia.
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- Psychological and behavioral burden of scabies: a comprehensive cross-sectional analysis of pruritus, anxiety, behavioral adaptation, and quality of life.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- The Impact of Disease-Related Fear and Internalized Stigma on Quality of Life in Patients with Scabies: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- High caseload of Scabies amongst Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: A retrospective analysis of the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of cases, July 2022 to November 2023.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Addressing scabies among street children in Ethiopia: an ethnographic study of acceptable interventions by prospective recipients and deliverers.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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introductionScabies undermines quality of life through its highly disturbing disease symptoms, by distorting self-perception, and secondary to social stigma. Knowledge of its effect on quality of life in general and on specific aspects of day-to-day life is key to addressing the health needs of individual patients and to evaluating gains from community-based disease control interventions.
objectivesTo measure the effect of scabies on the quality of life of people with the infestation.
methodsA community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in a scabies outbreak-affected district in north-western Ethiopia. The study involved 381 households and 86 adults with scabies. We used the ten-item Cardiff Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) tool to collect data. Cronbach's alpha value was used to determine the internal consistency of the Amharic version of the scale. Overall and Dermatology Life Quality (DLQ) domain specific mean scores were calculated. The association between sociodemographic characteristics and scabies-related life quality impairment was tested using Kruskal-Wallis test.
resultsScabies moderately affected the quality of life of adults with scabies. The overall mean DLQI (mDLQI) score was 9.2 (SD = 7.6). 'Symptoms and feelings' and 'daily activity' DLQ domains had the highest mDLQI scores (3.5, SD = 1.9 and 2.2, SD = 2.5, respectively). 'Leisure activities' was the least affected domain 0.8 (SD = 1.1). In terms of severity, scabies had moderate or severe effect on DLQ of 54.7% of the participants and extremely severe effect was reported among 27% of the participants. However, no association was observed between sociodemographic characteristics and quality of life impairment.
conclusionQuality of life was moderately impaired among people affected by scabies. Refocusing attention on management of disease symptoms, using standard scabies treatment, and providing psychosocial support to improve self-perception of people affected with scabies may help reduce quality of life impairment.
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