ArticleScars, burns & healing
The development of a self-help intervention to build social confidence in people living with visible skin conditions or scars: a think-aloud study.
Article in Scars, burns & healing. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evaluating the effects of lymphoedema management strategies on functional status and health-related quality of life following treatment for head and neck cancer: a systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Pooled it
- Article
- Histological, Immunohistochemical and Antioxidant Analysis of Skin Wound Healing Influenced by the Topical Application of Brazilian Red Propolis.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Self-help cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety in pulmonary hypertension: pilot randomised controlled trial.ERJ open research · 2022Article
- Optimising an intervention to support home-living older adults at risk of malnutrition: a qualitative study.BMC family practice · 2021Article
- The development of a self-help intervention to build social confidence in people living with visible skin conditions or scars: a think-aloud study.Scars, burns & healingArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionPeople with a visible difference, such as scarring or a skin condition, can experience anxiety and intrusive reactions from others when in social situations. The use of products to conceal marks on the skin is provided in a number of different hospital services and by charities. However, there are relatively few psychosocial interventions available for these individuals.
objectivesTo examine the views of skin camouflage users and practitioners on the acceptability, usability and need for a specifically developed cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) self-help booklet.
methodsA think-aloud protocol and descriptive form of thematic analysis were used to ascertain participants' views of this novel psychosocial intervention. Nine participants took part in think-aloud interviews that were analysed using thematic analysis. Six skin camouflage users and three skin camouflage practitioners participated in the study.
resultsSupport for the relevance, acceptability and usability of the booklet was found from both participants who used camouflage and those who provided it. However, some participants reported that they would envisage that some people would need additional support so as to be able to use the techniques described within the booklet.
conclusionsThis study represents an important step towards developing a brief self-help intervention for people with living with visible skin conditions or scars and demonstrates the importance of seeking feedback from experts by experience on theoretically informed psychological interventions for this patient group.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.