Impact of acne on the daily life of adult patients: building a self?administered patient questionnaire

Background Acne is a long-lasting disease in adolescents and adults impacting the patient’s daily life. Currently, there no specific questionnaire that assesses its impact adult patients. Aim To build self-administered assessing of acne on life Method A multidisciplinary working group was created, including 3 experts healthcare questionnaires dermatologists specialized acne. using standardized methodology for designing patient according to conceptual, development validation phases developed. cultural linguistic into US English conducted, based original French version. Results 14-item demonstrating consistency, reproducibility high reliability build. The significantly correlated with SF-12 mental physical scores CADI, indicating good external validity. Conclusion present burden AI-ADL allows practioner assess quickly easily patients during his clinical practice. Moreover, short format express their feelings initiate conversation between patient. Thus, may help better understand multidimensional nature acne, as well individual moreover, it play key role decision-making process treatment initiation involvement management