DLQI (Dermatology Life Quality Index)
DLQI (Finlay 1994): ten quality-of-life questions each 0–3 (total 0–30; 0–1 no effect, 2–5 small, 6–10 moderate, 11–20 very large, 21–30 extremely large effect).
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Q1
- 2
- Q2
- 1
- Q3
- 1
- Q4
- 1
- Q5
- 1
- Q6
- 0
- Q7
- 0
- Q8
- 0
- Q9
- 0
- Q10
- 0
Result: DLQI 6/30 — moderate effect on quality of life.
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What the result means
- Bands
- 0–1 no effect, 2–5 small effect, 6–10 moderate effect, 11–20 very large effect, 21–30 extremely large effect on quality of life.
What you enter
- Q1 (0–3)
- Q2 (0–3)
- Q3 (0–3)
- Q4 (0–3)
- Q5 (0–3)
- Q6 (0–3)
- Q7 (0–3)
- Q8 (0–3)
- Q9 (0–3)
- Q10 (0–3)
How this is calculated
- Scoring
- ten questions each 0–3 (Very much 3, A lot 2, A little 1, Not at all/relevant 0); Q7 scores Yes-prevented-work as 3. Total 0–30.
Finlay AY, Khan GK. Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) — a simple practical measure for routine clinical use. Clin Exp Dermatol. 1994;19(3):210-216. Read the source ↗
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