Validity of subject self-report for acne

Dermatology

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 164-168

  Menon, Chandrakala ^a   Gipson, Katrina ^a   Bowe, Whitney P ^a   Hoffstad, Ole J ^a   Margolis, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acne, subject self report validity; Agreement, acne self report; Prevalence studies, acne

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHEN KAPPA ESTIMATE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CORRECT CLASSIFICATION PERCENTAGE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDITY;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49649109079     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000136655     Document Type: Article

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