Gioia Bottesi1*, Antonio Gion1, Gianni Baratto2, Alessandra Semenzato3, Giulio Vidotto1
*gioia.bottesi@unipd.it
1 Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, via Venezia 8,
35131 Padova, Italy
2 Unifarco SpA, via Cal Longa 62, 32035 Santa Giustina, Belluno, Italy
3 Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences,
University of Padova, via Marzolo 5, 35131 Italy
Abstract
The current studies aimed at providing preliminary evidence about the factor structure, reliability, and responsiveness of the Padua Skin-Related QoL (PSRQ) questionnaire, an Italian self-report measure assessing skin-related Quality of Life (QoL) in people dissatisfied with their skin. The PSRQ was administered to 150 dermatological cosmetics consumers to test its factor structure and internal consistency. A further sample made up of 84 dermatological cosmetics consumers was then enrolled to evaluate the responsive-ness of the PSRQ.
Findings revealed the existence of 4 factors explaining the 54.8% of variance. Thirteen items of the original version were removed because they loaded on more than one factor or they had insufficient loadings; the final version of the PSRQ comprised 50 items, and internal consistency was excellent (.81 < αs < .95). As regards responsiveness, only the “Positive feelings and emotions” scale resulted to be sensitive to change: individuals in the Experimental group reported significantly higher scores, after using a basic cream, compared to individuals in the Waiting list condition.
Current findings suggest that the PSRQ is a reliable measure capable of assessing multiple aspects of skin-related QoL in the target population. Further studies assessing its psychometric properties in different samples are recommended.
Keywords: Health-related Quality of Life; Well-being; Skin; Questionnaire; Psychometrics
Published online: 2018/03/01
Published print: 2018/03/01
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