Validation of a Questionnaire to Assess the Perception of Women with Atopic Dermatitis in Family Planning.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a highly frequent chronic inflammatory skin disease. It is important to know how women with AD approach family planning together with their disease. The aim of the present research is to develop and validate a questionnaire for women diagnosed with AD in order to measure their level of desire and gestational information.

Materials and methods

A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted. Women between 18 and 45 years old with mild, moderate, and severe forms of the disease were included and disease-free controls. An exploratory factorial analysis of the primary components and varimax rotation was used to measure the validity of the construct. Cronbach's α was used to measure the reliability of the individual scales and the global q

SUBMITTER: Alcantara-Luna S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9517831 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature