Development and Initial Validation of a Novel System to Assess Ichthyosis Severity
Sun Q, Asch S, Bayart C, Bayliss SJ, Benjamin L, Bruckner A, DiGiovanna JJ, Fleckman P, Funk T, Lucky A, Nelson CA, Newell B, Polcari I, Teng J, Williams ML, Gan G, Deng Y, Paller AS, Choate KA. Development and Initial Validation of a Novel System to Assess Ichthyosis Severity. JAMA Dermatology 2022, 158: 359-365. PMID: 35171201, PMCID: PMC8851366, DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.5917.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIchthyosis severityIntraclass correlation coefficientIntrarater reliabilityCare of patientsQuantifying treatment outcomesPatient advocacy groupsMost body sitesGood interrater reliabilityReferral centerDisease burdenClinical trialsTreatment outcomesErythema scoreMAIN OUTCOMEQualitative studyScoring systemBody sitesSeverityInterrater reliabilityUser-friendly instrumentErythemaPhotographs of participantsCohortDermatologistsEntire body