Table 2. Convergent analyses between Skindex-16, HADS and DLQI.

Scales of Skindex-16	Instruments	rho (p<0.001)
Symptoms	HADS-A	0.395
	HADS-D	0.395
	DLQI	0.664
Emotions	HADS-A	0.548
	HADS-D	0.555
	DLQI	0.766
Functioning	HADS-A	0.489
	HADS-D	0.456
	DLQI	0.712

HADS-A = Hospital Anxiety and Depression subscale anxiety;

HADS-D = Hospital Anxiety and Depression subscale depression;

DLQI = Dermatology Life Quality Index; rho = Spearman’s correlation coefficients.