OCCURRENCE OF SEGMENTAL AND NON-SEGMENTAL VITILIGO AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Abstract

Background: Vitiligo is an acquired disorder of depigmentation which occurs as white macules on skin andmay result in substantial stigmatization and psychological stress. Although treatment options exist, acure for this disease has yet to be discovered.

Objective:To determine the frequency of segmental and non-segmental features with vitiligo at ISDSK.

Method:This prospective study was conducted at Institute of skin diseases. The duration was from Jan-2018 to June-2018. Informed consent was taken from each participant. A prepared questionnaire was used for obtaining baseline characteristics which includes age, race, maritalstatus, duration of vitiligo, occupation, Segmental non segmental features, family history of disease and associated diseases. The analysis of data was performed using SPSS v. 28.

Results: Total of 416 subjects with the mean age of 25.75±15.59 years are included in the study. Sindhi were 40 (9%), Punjabi 39 (6.4%), Pashto 82 (19.7%), Baloch 10 (2.4%), Urdu 169 (40.65%), and others76 (18.26%). Most of the subjects were unmarried 254 (61%). The duration of Vitiligo was 4.61±6.84 years. Features with vitiligo were Non-segmental in 101 (24.2%) patients and segmental 315 (75.8%) subjects. Positive family history of disease was observed in 76 (18.2%) and associated diseases in39 (9.4%) subjects.

Conclusion: Non segmental vitiligo is more common in population, therefore high chance of psychological disturbances can be seen.This suggest that more work is required on psychosocial counselling and research on treatmentoptions.