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  Clinical and Experimental DermatologyVolume 14 Issue 3, Pages 194 - 198 Published Online: 27 Apr 2006 Journal compilation © 2010 British Association of Dermatologists An Official Journal of the British Association of Dermatologists
Abstract | References | Full Text: PDF (Size: 351K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  How much disability is caused by acne? Copyright 1989 Blackwell Science Ltd ABSTRACT
One-hundred patients completed a questionnaire designed to assess the disability resulting from acne; patient acne severity was also graded clinically. Ten questions which correlated strongly with clinical acne severity were used to form an Acne Disability Index (ADI). This ADI correlated with the severity of facial acne (r=0·246, P < 0·01), chest acne (r= 0·347, P < 0·001) and back acne (r= 0·436, P < 0·001). Measures were made of the financial value to patients of acne treatment: when hypotheticaly offered either acne or £500, 87% of patients preferred the treatment rather than the money. All 13 patients who stated a preference for the £500 had minimal acne. There is no correlation between the clinical grading of acne and the amount patients would be prepared to pay for a hypothetical cure but there is a correlation between the acne disability score and the amount patients would pay (r= 0·229, P < 0·05). Accepted for publication 23 September 1988 | 
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