Cinico-Epidemiological Profile of Vitiligo Patients in Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung
Abstract: Vitiligo is the most
common hypopigmentation disorder; however, until now there iss no comprehensive
epidemiological-clinical study of vitiligo in Indonesia. A descriptive
study using a questionnaire among
vitiligo patients in Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung was conducted
to determine the clinical findings, socio-demographic factors, coexisting
autoimmune disorders, and severity of disease. All vitiligo patients were
recruited during the period of February 2012 to April 2014 from the Dermatology
Outpatient Clinic of Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung, as well as
from the Endocrinology and Rheumatology Clinic Department of Internal Medicine;
Endocrinology and Allergy and Immunology Clinics Department of Child Health;
and Department of Nuclear Medicine the
same hospital. We collected data on socio-demographic profiles, clinical
profile, and severity of vitiligo based on Vitiligo European Task Force (VETF).
Out of 242 patients, female patients made up the majority of the patients
(66.12%). In addition, most patients
wereunder 20 years (33.47%) and experienced onset of vitiligo highest in
the first decade of life (29.34%). About 19.42% had positive family history of
vitiligo and only 6.2% had history of autoimmune diseases. The majority of
patients (77.27%) had vulgaris type of vitiligo with head-neck (35.36%) asthe most frequent
initial site of onset. Based on VETF,
the skin affected was mostly below 10% of body surface area (82.23%),
i.e. staging score of between 0–5 (57.44%), and spreading score of between
>0–(+5) or 68.18%. It is concluded that vitiligo most commonly occurs in
females with the highest onset of under 10-years old and strong relationship
with genetic predisposition.T he affected area was relatively small, despite
the high spreading score.
Key words: Clinical profile,
epidemiology, vitiligo
Penulis: Reiva Farah Dwiyana,
Vani Marindani, Rohana Agustina, Setiawan Setiawan, Ponpon S. Idjradinata,
Endang Sutedja
Kode Jurnal: jpkedokterandd170283
