Journal article
Validation of the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis: A Scleroderma Patient‐Centered Intervention Network Cohort Study
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease that can cause disfiguring changes in appearance. This study examined the structural validity, internal consistency reliability, convergent validity, and measurement equivalence of the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS) across SSc disease subtypes.
METHODS: Patients enrolled in the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network Cohort completed the SAAS and measures of …
Authors
Mills SD; Kwakkenbos L; Carrier M; Gholizadeh S; Fox RS; Jewett LR; Gottesman K; Roesch SC; Thombs BD; Malcarne VL
Journal
Arthritis Care & Research, Vol. 70, No. 10, pp. 1557–1562
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
October 2018
DOI
10.1002/acr.23514
ISSN
2151-464X