The impact of psychological and clinical factors on quality of life in individuals with atopic dermatitis

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-200

  Wittkowski, Anja ^a   Richards, Helen L ^a,b   Griffiths, Christopher E M ^a   Main, Chris J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Quality of life; Stigmatisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION SCALE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROSENBERG SELF ESTEEM SCALE; STIGMATISATION AND ECZEMA QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 4644356718     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00572-5     Document Type: Article

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