Burden of Disease and Treatment Patterns Amongst Patients With Vitiligo : Findings From a National, Longitudinal Retrospective Study in the United Kingdom

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This retrospective study, using UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink and Hospital Episode Statistics databases, analysed 17,239 incident patients with vitiligo. Mean incidence of vitiligo was 0.16 (2010-2021) per 1000 person-years (range: 0.10 [2010-COVID] to 0.19 [2013/2018]); prevalence increased from 0.21% (2010) to 0.38% (2021). The most common comorbidities recorded after vitiligo diagnosis were diabetes (19.4%), eczema (8.9%), thyroid disease (7.5%), and rheumatoid arthritis (6.9%). Mental health diagnoses recorded at any time were most commonly depression and/or anxiety (24.6%), depression (18.5%), anxiety (16.0%), and sleep disturbance (12.7%); recorded after vitiligo diagnosis in 6.4%, 4.4%, 5.5%, and 3.9%, respectively. Mental health comorbidities were more common among White patients (eg, depression and/or anxiety, 29.0%) than Black (18.8%), Asian (16.1%), and other ethnicities (21.4%). In adolescents, depression and/or anxiety was most commonly diagnosed after vitiligo diagnosis (7.4% vs before, 1.8%). Healthcare resources were used most frequently in the first year after vitiligo diagnosis (incident cohort), typically dermatology-related outpatient appointments (101.9/100 person-years) and general practitioner consultations (97.9/100 person-years). In the year after diagnosis, 60.8% of incident patients did not receive vitiligo-related treatments (ie, topical corticosteroids, topical calcineurin inhibitors, oral corticosteroids, phototherapy), increasing to 82.0% the next year; median (95% CI) time from diagnosis to first treatment was 34.0 (31.6-36.4) months. Antidepressants and/or anxiolytics were recorded for 16.7% of incident patients in the year after diagnosis. In 2019, 85.0% of prevalent patients did not receive vitiligo-related treatments; 16.6% had a record of antidepressant and/or anxiolytic treatments. Most patients were not on vitiligo-related treatments within a year of diagnosis, with time to first treatment >2 years, suggesting that vitiligo may be dismissed as unimportant and not treated early, in part due to limited effectiveness of available treatments. New effective treatments, early initiation, and psychological intervention and support are needed to reduce vitiligo burden on patients.

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CommentIn: Br J Dermatol. 2024 Apr 16;:. - PMID 38623690

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2024

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2024

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The British journal of dermatology - (2024) vom: 27. März

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Englisch

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Eleftheriadou, Viktoria [VerfasserIn]
Delattre, Carine [VerfasserIn]
Chetty-Mhlanga, Shala [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Girardat-Rotar, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Iftekhar [VerfasserIn]
Mathew, Amit [VerfasserIn]
Thompson, Andrew R [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 16.04.2024

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CommentIn: Br J Dermatol. 2024 Apr 16;:. - PMID 38623690

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10.1093/bjd/ljae133

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