Table 3.

The correlation of patients’ and physicians’ assessed severity of acne, and the Cardiff Acne Disability Index and Rosenberg self-esteem scale

Variables CADI	Patients’ assessed severity of acne		Physicians’ assessed (US-FDA) severity of acne
	Correlation (r)	p-value	Correlation (r)	p-value
Aggressive, frustrated or embarrassed	0.251**	<0.001	0.137	0.051
Interfered with social life	0.201**	0.004	0.125	0.075
Avoidance of public facilities	0.158*	0.002	0.083	0.237
Feelings about appearance of skin	0.286**	<0.001	0.202	0.004
How bad is your acne now?	0.119	0.090	0.044	0.530
Total CADI	0.273*	<0.001	0.152*	0.030
RSES
Do not feel that I am a person of worth	−0.171*	0.015	−0.194**	0.005
Do not feel that I have good qualities*	−0.084	0.233	−0.111	0.115
Inclined to feel that I am a failure	−0.113	0.109	−0.051	0.473
Unable to do things like other people	0.000	0.991	0.020	0.778
Do not have much to be proud of*	−0.002	0.982	0.039	0.579
No positive attitude towards myself*	−0.124	0.078	−0.120	0.088
I am not satisfied with myself	−0.099	0.107	0.066	0.350
Wish for more respect for myself *	0.107	0.128	0.117	0.095
I certainly feel useless at times*	−0.177*	0.012	0.265**	<0.001
At times I think I am no good at all	0.024	0.733	−0.037	0.600
Total self-esteem	−0.042	0.549	−0.040	0.574

Notes:

^**Correlation significant at 0.01 (2 tailed);

^*Correlation significant at 0.05 (2 tailed)

Abbreviations: CADI, Cardiff Acne Disability Index; RSES, Rosenberg self-esteem scale; US-FDA, US Food and Drug Administration; r = Spearman’s rho.