[Life quality in patients with sarcoidosis and isolated skin syndrome in chronic dermatoses].

Seventeen patients, including 3 (17.6%) males and 14 (82.4%) females, who had respiratory sarcoidosis with the skin syndrome as erythema nodosum, were examined; their mean age was 41.65 +/- 2.63 years. The histological verification of the diagnosis was 94%. Among 77 patients with chronic dermatoses with the isolated skin syndrome (psoriasis, acne vulgaris, atopic dermatitis, neurodermitis, lichen ruber planus, seborrheal pemphigns, eczema), there were 33 (42.9%) males and 44 (57.1%) females, whose mean age was 36.64 +/- 1.3 years. Comparative analysis of life quality (LQ) in these two groups by using the WHOQOL-100 questionnaire revealed differences in two indices that reflect the level of independence and social relations (p < or = 0.05). In terms of independence, the impact of the disease on LQ was more pronounced in patients with sarcoidosis, its negative effect being in 75% of the criteria rated. Thus, poorer LQ may be stated in patients with skin lesion than in those with the isolated skin syndrome in chronic dermatoses.