The stigma scale: measuring body image and the skin.
People with chronic wounds or skin conditions often face not only physiological challenges, but also emotional ones as well. Measuring these emotional challenges and, more broadly, the emotional challenges of having a skin defect was the focus of this instrument development study.
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East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries*; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires