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. 2021 Sep 28;101(9):272. doi: 10.2340/00015555-3884

Table VII.

Best-evidence synthesis and recommendations

PROM Content validity Structural validity Internal consistency Reliability Measurement error Construct validity Measurement invariance Responsiveness Recommendation
ACSDQ W ??? B
CDLQI W W + B
CDLQI-C W ? W W B
CQI-CSD W W W W B
DIS W ? B
DLQI W ??? +++ ? +++ +++ B
DLQI-B W ++ B
DLQI-C +++ +++ +++ W B
DLQI-D W W ??? B
DLQI-I +++ +++ +++ B
DLQI-N ?? ++ ++ B
DLQI-S --- W + C
DLQI-T ? W B
DLQI-U W B
DQOLs W ?? W + B
DSQL W ??? +++ + +++ +++ B
FLQA-d W +++ ? +++ +++ B
PBI ± ? ? ++ B
PeDeSI W ?? ++ B
PRISM +++ + B
SF-QES W --- ++ C
Skindex W ??? W W W B
S29 W ??? +++ W +++ W B
S29-C W -- W +++ B
S29-G ??? +++ +++ W B
S29-S W +++ --- C
S29-Sp --- +++ W +++ W C
S16 W ++ ++ + W B
S16-A +++ ++ B
S16-BP +++ W +++ B
S16-C W --- W +++ C
S16-J +++ +++ B
S16-M W +++ + +++ B
S16-U ++ B
TQL ± ?? ++ W ++ B
VQ-Dermato W ?? -- ? +++ ++ B

PROM: patient-reported outcome measures; ACSD: Adjustment to Chronic Skin Diseases Questionnaire; CDLQI: Children’s Dermatology Life Quality Index; CDLQI-C: CDLQI Cantonese; CQI-CSD: Consumer Quality Index Chronic Skin Disease; DIS: Dermatology Intimacy Scale; DLQI: Dermatology Life Quality Index; DLQI-B: DLQI Brazilian-Portuguese; DLQI-C: DLQI Chinese; DLQI-D: DLQI Danish; DLQI-I: DLQI Italian; DLQI-N: DLQI Norwegian; DLQI-S: DLQI Sinhala; DLQI-T: DLQI Turkish; DLQI-U: DLQI Ukrainian; DQOLs: Dermatology Quality of Life scales; DSQL: Dermatology-specific Quality of Life; FLQA-d: Freiburg Life Quality Assessment; PBI: Patient Benefit Index; PeDeSI: Person-Centred Dermatology Self-Care Index; PRISM: Pictorial Representation of Illness & Self-Measure; SF-QES: Short-form of the Questionnaire on Experience with Skin Complaints; S29: Skindex 29; S29-C: S29-Chinese; S29-G: S29-German; S29-S: S29-Serbian; S29-Sp: S29-Spanish; S16: Skindex-16; S16-A: S16-Arabic; S16-BP: S16-Brazilian-Portuguese; S16-C: S16-Chinese; S16-J: S16-Japanese; S16-M: S16-Moroccan-Arabic; S16-U: S16-Ukrainian; TQL: Turkish Quality of Life Instrument for skin disease; +++: High-quality evidence for a sufficient measurement property. ---: High-quality evidence for an insufficient measurement property. ???: High-quality evidence for an indeterminate measurement property. ++: Moderate evidence for a sufficient measurement property. --: Moderate evidence for an insufficient measurement property. ??: Moderate evidence for an indeterminate measurement property. +: Low-quality evidence for a sufficient measurement property. –: Low-quality evidence for an insufficient measurement property. ?: Low-quality evidence for an indeterminate measurement property. W: Very low evidence for a measurement property. ±: Conflicting evidence for a measurement property.