Patient Unique Stigmatization Holistic tool in dermatology (PUSH-D): Development and validation of a dermatology-specific stigmatization assessment tool.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The skin plays an important role in establishing interpersonal relationships, and thus visible skin disorders, which have a significant impact on physical appearance, influence other people's behaviours and attitudes.

Objective

To develop and validate a dermatologic-specific questionnaire to evaluate stigmatization in individuals with visible skin conditions.

Methods

Items were generated by a verbatim report based on qualitative interviews with patients with various dermatologic conditions. Subsequently, a study was implemented for psychometric analysis. A dermatology-specific stigmatization questionnaire (PUSH-D) was refined via item reduction according to inter-question correlations, consensus among experts and exploratory factor analysis. Internal consis

SUBMITTER: Ezzedine K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10092236 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature