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. 2020 Nov 5;95:30. doi: 10.1186/s42506-020-00056-9

Table 2.

Specific responses to Cardiff Acne Disability Index (CADI)

n (%) (n = 192)
Felt aggressive, frustrated, or embarrassed
 ● Not at all 68 (35.42)
 ● A little 70 (36.46)
 ● A lot 32 (16.66)
 ● Very much indeed 22 (11.46)
Mean ± SD (1.04 ± 0.99)
Social interference
 ● Not at all 100 (52.08)
 ● Occasionally or in only some activities 59 (30.73)
 ● Moderately, in most activities 19 (9.90)
 ● Severely, affecting all activities 14 (7.29)
Mean ± SD (0.72 ± 0.91)
Avoidance of public changing
 ● Not at all 137 (71.35)
 ● Occasionally 27 (14.06)
 ● Most of the time 21 (10.94)
 ● All of the time 7 (3.65)
Mean ± SD (0.47 ± 0.83)
Patient psychological state
 ● Not bothered 42 (21.88)
 ● Occasionally concerned 68 (35.42)
 ● Usually concerned 54 (28.12)
 ● Very depressed and miserable 28 (14.58)
Mean ± SD (1.35 ± 0.98)
Subjective assessment of acne severity (perceived as a problem)
 ● Not a problem 21 (10.94)
 ● A minor problem 102 (53.12)
 ● A major problem 47 (24.48)
 ● The worst it could possibly be 22 (11.46)
Mean ± SD (1.36 ± 0.82)