What Health-related Quality of Life Factors Influence the Decision of Patients with Acne to Visit a Dermatologist?

What it found

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Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

1. The Burden of Acne Vulgaris on Health-Related Quality of Life and Psychosocial Well-Being Domains: A Systematic Review.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2026
   Pooled it
2. Position statement of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Task Force on Quality of Life and Patient Oriented Outcomes on quality of life issues in dermatologic patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2020
   Guideline
3. Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the Tamil version of the Cardiff Acne Disability Index (CADI) in Sri Lanka.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2024
   Article
4. Development of the acne-specific quality of life questionnaire Quality of Life Relevance-Acne.JAAD international · 2024
   Article
5. Investigating the prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder among Jordanian adults with dermatologic and cosmetic concerns: a case-control study.Scientific reports · 2024
   Article
6. Validation and Cultural Adaptation of the Sinhala Translation of the Cardiff Acne Disability Index (CADI).Patient related outcome measures · 2024
   Article
7. Pharmacist Prescriptive Authority for Acne: An Evidence-Based Approach to Policy.Innovations in pharmacy · 2021
   Review
8. Impact of acne on quality of life in young Pakistani adults and its relationship with severity: A multicenter study.Pakistan journal of medical sciences
   Article
9. Quality of Life in Young Adults With Acne.The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology
   Article

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Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

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