Quality of Life and Psychiatric Comorbidities among Subjects Practicing Artificial Skin Depigmentation in 2020 in the City of Cotonou (Benin)
Table 1
Distribution of the quality of life score among 330 subjects undergoing artificial skin depigmentation in the city of Cotonou in 2020, according to sociodemographic data, the number and monthly cost of lightening cosmetics used, and the number of skin complications.
Quality of life impairment (%)
P value
None
Weak
Moderate
Important
Extremely important
n = 21
n = 92
n = 126
n = 67
n = 24
Age (years)
0.0001
15–20
28.6
13
10.3
4.5
8.3
20–25
0
6.5
13.5
22.4
37.5
25–30
19
28.2
17.4
23.9
8.3
30–35
14.3
16.3
15.1
7.5
8.3
35–40
19
10.9
16.7
9
16.7
40–45
14.3
12
6.3
10.4
0
45–50
4.8
9.8
4.8
14.9
4.2
50 and more
0
3.3
15.9
7.4
16.7
Total
100
100
100
100
100
Gender
0.002
Female
38.1
64.1
73.8
77.6
83.3
Male
61.9
35.9
26.2
22.4
16.7
Total
100
100
100
100
100
Marital status
0.016
Single
47.6
41.3
35.7
49.3
62.5
Married
23.8
29.3
21.4
31.3
16.7
Divorced
9.5
0
13.5
7.5
8.3
Widow
0
4.4
7.1
1.5
4.2
Civil partnership
19.1
25
22.3
10.4
8.3
Total
100
100
100
100
100
Level of education
<0.001
Unschooled
19
5.4
1.6
0
0
Literate
0
15.2
11.9
1.5
0
Primary
0
10.9
15
1.5
0
Secondary
28.6
51.1
41.3
34.3
20.8
High
52.4
17.4
30.2
62.7
79.2
Total
100
100
100
100
100
Number of lightening products
<0.001
One
23.8
13
3.2
0
0
Two
42.9
62
42.9
22.4
16.7
Three
19
18.5
42.9
49.2
33.3
More than three
14.3
6.5
11
28.4
50
Total
100
100
100
100
100
Number of skin complications
<0.001
None
71.4
0
0.8
0
0
One
19
27.2
5.6
4.5
0
Two
9.6
28.2
35.7
40.3
16.7
More than two
0
44.6
57.9
55.2
83.3
Total
100
100
100
100
100
Monthly cost of lightening products (FCFA)
<0.001
0–5000
23.8
28.3
20.6
1.5
0
5000–10000
33.3
48.9
38.1
28.4
20.8
10000–20000
33.3
20.6
31.7
58.2
45.8
20000 and more
9.6
2.2
9.6
11.9
33.4
Total
100
100
100
100
100
The values in bold represent the proportions of variables that are significantly associated with quality life impairment.
