Abstract

Introduction: Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory dermatosis mainly involving facial skin, which greatly affect the quality of life (QoL) of patients. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the quality of life in Morocan patients with rosacea using the DLQI. Methods: A prospective study was conducted on patients admitted to our dermatology department. We included 70 patients with rosacea. Data collected from medical records included: age, Sex, marital status, disease duration and rosacea severity; the impact of rosacea on quality of life was performed by using the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). Results: A total of 70 patients with rosacea were included. 71.4% were women and 28.6% were men. Their mean age was 39 ± 10.6 years. Most of our patients were married (82.9%). For rosacea severity, 34.3% of the patients had mild rosacea, 40% moderate rosacea, 20% severe rosacea and 5.7% very severe rosacea. The mean total DLQI scores were 7.97 ± 5.76 and was related to patients’ age, sex, marital status, disease duration and rosacea severity. Conclusion: Rosacea maybe has a greater significant impact on patient’s QoL. And the impact of QoL tend to deteriorate significantly with patient's young age, female gender, and celebratory status, as well as by the short duration and increasing disease severity.