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Measuring Quality of Life in Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Development and Validation of a Disease-specific Patient-reported Outcome Measure for Practice and Research
- Source :
- Acta Dermato-Venereologica, Vol 103 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Medical Journals Sweden, 2023.
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Abstract
- Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic disease that disrupts patients’ physical and psychological well-being. A disease-specific measure was developed and validated for assessing health-related quality of life in hidradenitis suppurativa. After qualitative item development, the quality of life in hidradenitis suppurativa instrument was tested in 101 patients, applying convergent measures and a usability questionnaire. Descriptive and validation-specific analyses were conducted. There was no ceiling, but moderate floor effects (scores between 0 and 3.13 on a scale of 0–4). Few missing values were observed (21 of 23 items
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00015555 and 16512057
- Volume :
- 103
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Acta Dermato-Venereologica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.4f02ebd7cc6f4f55bfe6e71014c463b2
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2340/actadv.v102.2485