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ReviewClinics and practice2023

The Importance of Psychometric and Physical Scales for the Evaluation of the Consequences of Scars-A Literature Review.

Gabriel Mihai Mekeres, Camelia Liana Buhaș, Andrei Nicolae Csep, Corina Beiușanu, Gineta Andreescu, Paula Marian, Cornel Dragoș Cheregi, Radu Fodor, Felicia Manole

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Review in Clinics and practice, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
9.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Laser-Assisted Drug Delivery for Hypertrophic Scar Treatment: A Scoping Review.Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association · 2026
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  10. Early Patient-Reported Outcomes as Predictors of Long-Term Scar Satisfaction: An Exploratory Cohort Study.Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gabriel Mihai MekeresDoctoral School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Oradea, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, 410087 Oradea, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-3096-4586
Camelia Liana BuhașMorphological Disciplines Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania.
Andrei Nicolae CsepMedical Disciplines Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania.
Corina BeiușanuMorphological Disciplines Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania.
Gineta AndreescuMorphological Disciplines Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania.
Paula MarianMedical Disciplines Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania.
Cornel Dragoș CheregiSurgical Disciplines Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania.
Radu FodorDoctoral School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Oradea, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, 410087 Oradea, Romania.
Felicia ManoleSurgical Disciplines Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania.
University of Oradea · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundScars affect patients after trauma, burns, or surgical procedures and can generate both physical and psychosocial changes. The aesthetic damage represents the modification of a person's physical appearance, in its bodily integrity, causing numerous sufferings and determining social or economic consequences. The aim of this research is to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages offered by the available psychosocial and physical scar scales in assessing the physical, aesthetic, psychosocial, and juridical consequences of scars. This will aid to inform medical examiners about the most valued existing scales to allow them to select the most appropriate instrument to manage their patient.

methodsA broad search of relevant scientific studies on the psychosocial determinants of post-traumatic and surgical scars was conducted by using the following international database tools: PsycINFO, MedLine Social Science Index, Scopus, Web of Science, published from 1960 until 2022.

resultsWe analyzed 63 scientific studies to assess the advantages and limits of several psychometric and physical scar evaluation scales.

conclusionsThe researchers analyzed in this review highlight the advantages and limitation of existing instruments, evidencing the demand for future scar evaluation instruments and a scar-assessing algorithm that takes into account the physical, aesthetic, psychosocial, and legal consequences of scars.

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aesthetic prejudicephysical assessment scalespsychometric scalesscars

Identifiers

PMID36961059
PMCPMC10037630
OpenAlexW4323312602

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