Skindex-29 is a refined version of the original Skindex instrument for assessing quality of life in patients with skin diseases. It is designed to be quicker to complete, discriminative and responsive to changes in a patient's condition.
The original Skindex instrument had 61 questions, with 8 scales (cognitive, social, physical limitations, physical discomfort, depression, fear, embarrassment and anger). The Skindex-29 has 29 questions with 3 scales (emotions, functioning, symptoms).
Group
No.
Questions
emotion
10
3, 6, 9, 12, 13, 15, 20, 22, 25, 27
functioning
12
2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19, 21, 24, 28, 29
symptoms
7
1, 7, 10, 16, 18, 23, 26
Responses to questions:
(1) never
(2) rarely
(3) sometimes
(4) often
(5) all the time
Scoring was adjusted to a scale from 0 to 100:
Response
Points
none
0
rarely
25
sometimes
50
often
75
all of the time
100
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