Table 1.
Summary of Skindex-16 survey questions
| During the past week, how often have you been bothered by: Symptoms | |
|---|---|
| 1. | Your skin condition itching |
| 2. | Your skin condition burning or stinging |
| 3. | Your skin condition hurting |
| 4. | Your skin condition being irritated |
| Emotions | |
| 5. | Persistence/reoccurrence of your skin condition |
| 6. | Worry about your skin condition (eg, that it will get worse) |
| 7. | Appearance of your skin condition |
| 8. | Frustration about your skin condition |
| 9. | Embarrassment about your skin condition |
| 10. | Being annoyed about your skin condition |
| 11. | Feeling depressed about your skin condition |
| Functioning | |
| 12. | Effects of your skin condition on your interactions with others |
| 13. | Effects of your skin condition on desire to be with people |
| 14. | Your skin condition making it hard to show affection |
| 15. | Effect of skin on your daily activities |
| 16. | Your skin condition making it hard to work or do what you enjoy |
Notes: Subjects were asked 16 questions that covered three domains. Response choices for all questions were indicated on a continuous, numeric analog scale, where 0 indicates “never bothered” and 6 indicates “always bothered”.