A Community-Based Study of Acne-Related Health Preferences in Adolescents

Cost and Utility Analysis of a Store-and-Forward Teledermatology Referral System

“…From baseline to the 9-month follow-up, the amount of time participants in the teledermatology group were willing to trade was approximately 7 months fewer than at baseline, and participants in the conventional referral group were willing to trade approximately 4 fewer months, with both values representing a gain in utility. Prior studies of various skin conditions 5,[14][15][16] have resulted in utility values similar to ours, although none included a teledermatology intervention. Using the time trade-off technique found to range from 0.64 for bullous disease to 1.0 for urticarial and cosmetic conditions, with most of the skin conditions resulting in utilities in a range similar to our results (0.91-0.99).…”

Possible gender differences in the quality of life and choice of therapy in acne

“…In conclusion, in this study it was again demonstrated that DLQI can be used to evaluate treatment effects in acne 10 . Furthermore, it was found that the interplay between the clinical evaluation, the patients’ QoL and the choice of therapy is complex 14,15 and that clinical grading often differs from patients’ QoL 3,4 . The choice of therapy will be influenced or will depend on several factors including age, gender and clinical severity.…”

A review of health utilities across conditions common in paediatric and adult populations

“…In this study, the utility value associated with children with atopic dermatitis was estimated at 0.84 [85]. In another cross-sectional study of 266 adolescents with acne conducted at four US high schools, utilities were estimated to be 0.96 (SD 0.092), based on a TTO approach [73]. …”