Journal article
14 SCAR-Q: An Update on Field-testing a Patient-reported Outcome Instrument for Burn, Surgical, and Traumatic Scars
Abstract
Millions of scars form annually from burns, surgery, and trauma. Scars have been shown to have wide-ranging effects on quality of life, including impaired physical and psychosocial functioning. Currently, there is no internationally validated, rigorously tested PRO instrument that can be used to assess scar outcomes of all etiologies in both children and adults. Our aim was to field-test the SCAR-Q in an international sample of patients. The …
Authors
Ziolkowski NI; Mundy LR; Pusic A; Fish JS; Klassen A
Journal
Journal of Burn Care & Research, Vol. 39, No. suppl_1, pp. s11–s11
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
April 9, 2018
DOI
10.1093/jbcr/iry006.018
ISSN
1559-047X