Research
ACNE-Q was field-tested with 256 patients in 2 countries.
FREE TO NON-PROFIT USERS
Easily available to clinicians and researchers
SHORT INDEPENDENTLY FUNCTIONING SCALES
Choice of scales customizable for different needs
MEASURING WHAT MATTERS TO PATIENTS
Appearance, quality of life, adverse effects
USED WIDELY AROUND THE WORLD
Available in multiple languages
STRONG PSYCHOMETRIC PERFORMANCE
Rigorously developed and sensitive to clinical change
CUSTOMIZABLE FOR DIFFERENT NEEDS
ACNE-Q is designed to provide clinicians and researchers with the ability to tailor their own version of the questionnaire to suit their needs.
ACNE-Q is for adolescents and adults with acne or acne scarring. The ACNE-Q has 7 scales that measure appearance (of facial, back and chest acne, skin and acne scars), acne-related symptoms and appearance-related distress.
Advancing Knowledge &
Improving Health Outcomes
Industry
Can be used in international clinical trials to test different treatments for acne and acne scars.
Benchmarking
Could be used to benchmark outcomes in quality improvement initiatives
Patient Care
Designed using a modern psychometric approach to facilitate use in patient care.
Basic Scale Structure
The ACNE-Q conceptual framework was developed from 21 patient interviews. The analysis led to the identification of 3 top-level domains: Appearance Concerns, Acne Symptoms, and Psychosocial Concerns. The item pool developed from the qualitative dataset was used to design 7 scales.
APPEARANCE
The ACNE-Q includes 5 appearane scales that measure facial, back and chest acne, acne scars and facial skin.
SCAR
The ACNE-Q includes a short scale that measures acne-specific symptoms.
PSYCHOSOCIAL
The ACNE-Q includes a scale that measures how often someone behaves or feels a certain way about how they look.
ACNE-Q
| APPEARANCE | SYMPTOMS | PSYCHOSOCIAL | |
| Acne Scars | Back Acne | Acne Symptoms | Appearance-Related Distress |
| Chest Acne | Facial Acne | ||
| Facial Skin | |||
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Publications
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ACNE-Q DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION PUBLICATIONS
- Klassen AF, Lipner S, O’Malley M, Longmire NM, Cano SJ, Breitkopf T, Rae C, Zhang YL, Pusic AL. Development of a New Patient-Reported Outcome Measure to Evaluate Treatments for Acne and Acne Scarring: The ACNE-Q. Br J Dermatol. 2019 Apri 12. [Epub ahead of print]
- Longmire NM, Breitkopf T, Piplani B, Pusic AL, O’Malley M, Lipner S, Wong Riff K, Klassen AF. ACNE-Q is a New Patient Reported Outcome Instrument that Measures Appearance-Related Concerns. Qual Life Res 2017;26:136.
Our Team
Dr Anne Klassen
McMaster University, Canada
Q-Portfolio
Dr Andrea Pusic
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA
Q-Portfolio
Setting the Bar in
Patient Reported
Outcome Measurement
Funding Provided By:
Impact of Completing CLEFT-Q Scales That Ask About Appearance on Children and Young Adults: An International Study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32048868/
Development and Validation of the BREAST-Q Breast-Conserving Therapy Module https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31965369/
Giving Meaning to Differences in BREAST-Q Scores: Minimal Important Difference for Breast Reconstruction Patients. - PubMed - NCBI https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31577663
Deriving an overall appearance domain score by applying bifactor IRT analysis to the BODY-Q appearance scales. - PubMed - NCBI https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31758485
Expectations of breast-conserving therapy: a qualitative study. - PubMed - NCBI https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31883052
Comparison of the Moorehead-Ardelt quality of life questionnaire and the BODY-Q in Danish patients undergoing weight loss and body contouring surgery. - PubMed - NCBI https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31898419