Quality of Life and Psychiatric Comorbidities among Subjects Practicing Artificial Skin Depigmentation in 2020 in the City of Cotonou (Benin)
Table 2
Distribution of the anxiety 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.
Anxiety (%)
P value
Absent
Doubtful
Certain
n = 99
n = 194
n = 37
Age (years)
<0.001
15–20
19.2
7.2
8.1
20–25
15.1
14.9
8.1
25–30
30.3
20.1
2.8
30–35
9.1
16
10.8
35–40
10.1
15,5
13.5
40–45
7.1
10.3
5.4
45–50
8.1
6.7
16.2
50 and more
1
9.3
35.1
Total
100
100
100
Gender
0.046
Female
64.6
70.1
86.5
Male
35.4
29.9
13.5
Total
100
100
100
Marital status
<0.001
Single
53.5
39.7
29.7
Married
27.3
24.2
27
Divorced
1
9.3
18.9
Widow
1
3.6
18.9
Civil partnership
17.2
23.2
5.5
Total
100
100
100
Level of education
0.009
Unschooled
5
3.1
0
Literate
16.2
6.7
2.7
Primary
7.1
10.8
5.4
Secondary
45.4
35.6
51.4
High
26.3
43.8
40.5
Total
100
100
100
Occupation
<0.001
Wage earners
17.2
2.7
32.4
Entrepreneur
8.1
11.3
18.9
Retired
0
1.1
18.9
Shopkeepers
15.1
20.1
21.6
Craftsman
23.2
14.9
0
Housewife
11.1
9.3
0
Secondary education student
17.2
3.6
0
High education student
8.1
16
8.2
Total
100
100
100
Number of lightening products
<0.001
One
14.1
3.6
0
Two
52.5
40.7
21.7
Three
22.2
42.8
29.7
More than three
11.2
12.9
48.6
Total
100
100
100
Number of skin complications
<0.001
None
5
5.7
0
One
16.2
10.8
5.4
Two
48.5
25.8
16.2
More than two
30.3
57.7
78.4
Total
100
100
100
Monthly cost of lightening products (FCFA)
<0.001
0–5000
35.4
10.8
5.4
5000–10000
45.5
39.2
8.1
10000–20000
10
42.8
62.2
20000 and more
9.1
7.2
24.3
Total
100
100
100
The bold values represent the proportions of variables that are significantly associated with anxiety.
