A comprehensive health impact assessment and determinants of quality of life, health and psychological status in acne patients

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 303-308

  Pagliarello, C ^a   Di Pietro, C ^a   Tabolli, S ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acne vulgaris; Health impact assessment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 12; SHORT FORM 36; SYMPTOM; YOUNG ADULT; ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH SURVEY; ITALY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943365072     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: 18271820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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