Psychosocial impact of acne vulgaris: Evaluation of the relation between a change in clinical acne severity and psychosocial state

Dermatology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 124-130

  Mulder, M M S ^a   Sigurdsson, V ^a   Van Zuuren, E J ^b   Klaassen, E J ^c   Faber, J A J ^d   De Wit, J B F ^d   Van Vloten, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Departments of Dermatology and Venereology   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acne; Psychological impact; Psychosocial aspects; Quality of life; Self esteem; Social impact

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-EXAMINATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0035741855     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000051726     Document Type: Article

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