Quality of Life and Psychiatric Comorbidities among Subjects Practicing Artificial Skin Depigmentation in 2020 in the City of Cotonou (Benin)
Table 4
Distribution of the self-esteem 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.
Self-esteem impairment (%)
P value
Very weak
Weak
Medium
Important
Very important
n = 3
n = 77
n = 177
n = 72
n = 1
Age (years)
0.27
15–20
66.7
10.4
13
6.9
0
20–25
0
19.5
13.6
8.3
0
25–30
33.3
18.2
20.3
26.4
100
30–35
0
9
16.4
9.7
0
35–40
0
11.7
14.1
15.3
0
40–45
0
10.4
7.9
9.7
0
45–50
0
9.1
9
5.6
0
50 and more
0
11.7
5.7
18.1
0
Total
100
100
100
100
100
Gender
0.2
Female
100
77.9
69.5
62.5
100
Male
0
22.1
30.5
37.5
0
Total
100
100
100
100
100
Marital status
0.006
Single
66.7
41.6
44.6
38.9
0
Married
0
22
26.5
27.8
0
Divorced
0
7.8
4
18
0
Widow
0
11.7
3.4
0
0
Civil partnership
33.3
16.9
21.5
15.3
100
Total
100
100
100
100
100
Level of education
<0.001
Unschooled
0
9.1
1.7
1.4
0
Literate
0
20.8
6.8
2.8
0
Primary
0
15.6
10.1
0
0
Secondary
100
32.5
46.9
30.5
0
High
0
22
34.5
65.3
100
Total
100
100
100
100
100
Occupation
<0.001
Wage earners
0
7.8
19.8
45.8
100
Entrepreneur
0
7.8
11.3
15.3
0
Retired
0
9.1
1.1
0
0
Shopkeepers
66.7
23.3
19.2
11.1
0
Craftsman
33.3
15.6
19.2
6.9
0
Housewife
0
19.5
6.8
2.9
0
Secondary education student
0
6.5
7.9
6.9
0
High education student
0
10.4
14.7
11.1
0
Total
100
100
100
100
100
Number of lightening products
0.024
One
0
7.8
6.2
4.2
100
Two
33.3
46.8
43.5
34.7
0
Three
0
31.1
33.9
44.4
0
More than three
66.7
14.3
16.4
16.7
0
Total
100
100
100
100
100
Number of skin complications
0.021
None
0
3.9
5.6
4.2
0
One
0
7.8
11.3
16.7
100
Two
0
23.4
31.1
43
0
More than two
100
64.9
52
36.1
0
Total
100
100
100
100
100
Monthly cost of lightening products (FCFA)
0.025
0–5000
33.3
28.6
15.8
8.3
100
5000–10000
0
32.4
42.4
33.3
0
10000–20000
66.7
29.9
33.9
43.1
0
20000 and more
0
9.1
7.9
15.3
0
Total
100
100
100
100
100
The bold values represent the proportions of variables that are significantly associated with self esteem impairment.
