Validity and feasibility of the self-assessment vitiligo extent score among Egyptian patients

Validity and feasibility of the self-assessment vitiligo extent score among Egyptian patients
 
Marwa Abdallah (1), Ahmed Nassar (1), Miriam Samir (1), Abd-Elrahman Reda (1), Aya Hassan (1), Moahmed F. Allam (2), Rania Mahmoud Elhusseiny (1)
 
1. Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University Hospital, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
2. Depatment of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University Hospital, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
 
Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology [Epub ahead of print: 2021-05-31]
 
DOI: 10.25259/IJDVL_498_20
 
Vitiligo extent score is one of the reliable instruments recently validated and used by physicians to assess the extent of non-segmental vitiligo. However, according to the World Health Organization, if the patients themselves could score the extent of their vitiligo, it could bring about the participation of the patients in assessing the prognosis of their disease. Self-assessment vitiligo extent score was previously validated in patients with fairer skin types allowing them to score their vitiligo extent in an easy way.
Further validation of the self-assessment vitiligo extent score on a different ethnic population (Middle East/North African), darker skin types with various cultural and educational levels would add to the generalisability of the new scoring system.
Our study showed that self-assessment vitiligo extent score demonstrated excellent feasibility and validity (highly significant correlation with vitiligo extent score) in an Egyptian patient population.
 
Keywords: Extent; feasibility; self-assessment; VES; SA-VES; vitiligo.
 
Abdallah M, Nassar A, Samir M, Reda A, Hassan A, Allam MF, et al. Validity and feasibility of the self-assessment vitiligo extent score among Egyptian patients. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol doi: 10.25259/IJDVL_498_20
 
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