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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Dermatol. 2018 Apr 2;178(5):1128–1134. doi: 10.1111/bjd.16350

Table 3.

Convergent validity of iscorEB. Comparison with similar instruments and between the clinical and patient portions of the instrument.

iscorEB portion or domain Comparison (N=31 unless specified otherwise) Spearman’s rho (p-value)
iscorEB-c versus BEBS (total score)
iscorEB-c total score 0.94 (<.0001)
 Skin 0.90 (<.0001)
 Mucosal 0.86 (<.0001)
 Internal organ 0.73 (<.0001)
 Laboratory abnormalities 0.83 (<.0001)
 Complications / procedures 0.77 (<.0001)
iscorEB-p versus QOLEB (N=15) 0.91 (<.0001)
iscorEB-p versus CDLQI (N=15) 0.76 (0.0009)
iscorEB-c total score versus iscorEB-p 0.67 (<.0001)
 Skin 0.61 (.0003)
 Mucosal 0.77 (<.0001)
 Internal organ 0.33 (.067)
 Laboratory abnormalities 0.63 (.0002)
 Complications / procedures 0.67 (<.0001)

BEBS- Epidermolysis Bullosa Severity score

QOLEB- Quality of Life Epidermolysis Bullosa

CDLQI- Childhood Dermatology Life Quality Index