Arabic version of Skindex-16: Translation and cultural adaptation, with assessment of reliability and validity

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-252

  Alghamdi, Khalid M ^a   Alshammari, Sulaiman A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARAB; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MYCOSIS; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PSORIASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING TEST; SKIN DISEASE; SKINDEX 16; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URTICARIA; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VITILIGO;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 33847772743     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03013.x     Document Type: Article

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