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Skindex (Skindex / Skindex-29 / Skindex-16)

[ developed in 1996, 1997 and 2001 respectively ]

	Author(s)
Chren Mary-Margaret, MD

Purpose

Pathology:

Skin and connective tissue diseases

Disease:

Generic for skin and connective tissue diseases

Objective:

To measure the effects of skin disease on patients' quality of life

Population:

Adult

Characteristics

Type of instrument:

Health-Related Quality of Life - HRQL (incl. health status)

Mode of administration:

Self-administered

Number of items:

Skindex: 61 items / Skindex-29: 29 items / Skindex-16: 16 items

Existence of database:

Time recall:

During the last 4 weeks

Language(s)

Original language:

English for the USA

List of existing translations:

(the translations may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process. Please check status of translations with Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors)

Skindex:

French

Skindex-29:

Arabic for Tunisia	English for the UK	French for Canada	Italian
Dutch	French	German	Spanish
English for Canada

Skindex-16:

Arabic	Dutch for Belgium	German	Lithuanian
Czech	French	Italian	Polish
Dutch	French for Belgium	Japanese

Last update: November 2009
Last update in collaboration with the author: November 2009

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