Abstract
Results
Thirty-four native French-speaking acne subjects in Quebec, Canada (n = 20) and France (n = 14) completed the Acne-QoLfr on 3 occasions over 3 months (Day 0, Day 2–3, and Day 60+). Of 14 completed responses for
Day 0 and Day 2–3, ICC for AcneQ4fr was 0.73 (with 95 % confidence interval (0.348, 0.905) and P value 0.001), and mean score difference was 0.85 (range of possible scores for AcneQ4fr: 0–24; P = 0.41). Of 19 completed responses for Day 0 and Day 60+, ICC for Acne-Q4fr was 0.45 (with 95 % confidence interval (0.046,
0.728) and P value 0.015) and mean score difference was 4.14 (P = 0.001).
Day 0 and Day 2–3, ICC for AcneQ4fr was 0.73 (with 95 % confidence interval (0.348, 0.905) and P value 0.001), and mean score difference was 0.85 (range of possible scores for AcneQ4fr: 0–24; P = 0.41). Of 19 completed responses for Day 0 and Day 60+, ICC for Acne-Q4fr was 0.45 (with 95 % confidence interval (0.046,
0.728) and P value 0.015) and mean score difference was 4.14 (P = 0.001).
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Brief Communication
- Pages 1-3
- DOI 10.1007/s11136-012-0186-7
- Authors
- Jerry Tan, Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
- Ashley O’Toole, Faculty of Health Sciences (Medicine), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Xuemao Zhang, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada
- Brigitte Dreno, Dermato-Oncology Unit, CHU Nantes, Place Alexis Ricordeau, Nantes, France
- Yves Poulin, Department of Medicine, Laval University and Centre de Recherche, Dermatologique du Quebec metropolitan, Quebec City, QC, Canada
- Journal Quality of Life Research
- Online ISSN 1573-2649
- Print ISSN 0962-9343