Shortening patient-reported outcome measures through optimal test assembly: application to the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale in the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS) is a 16-item measure that assesses social anxiety in situations where appearance is evaluated. The objective was to use optimal test assembly (OTA) methods to develop and validate a short-form SAAS based on objective and reproducible criteria.

Design

This study was a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from adults enrolled in the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort.

Setting

Adults in the SPIN Cohort in the present study were enrolled at 28 centres in Canada, the USA and the UK.

Participants

The SAAS was administered to 926 adults with scleroderma.

Primary and secondary measures

The SAAS, Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation II (BFNE II), Brief Satisfaction with Appearanc

SUBMITTER: Harel D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398718 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature