The patient-reported impact of scars measure: Development and validation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1439-1449

  Brown, Benjamin C ^b   McKenna, Stephen P ^b   Solomon, Mattea ^b   Wilburn, Jeanette ^b   McGrouther, Duncan A ^b   Bayat, Ardeshir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951790050     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181d4fd89     Document Type: Article

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