This study identified there are differences in the burn scar characteristics considered important by health professionals and those characteristics that adult/child/caregivers perceived to impact on indicators of burn scar HRQOL. It is recommended that outcome measures of burn scarring include the burn scar characteristics of 'stretchability' and 'scar sensitivity' at a minimum. The inclusion of 'fragility', 'scar surface appearance' and 'color' should also be considered.

Clinical prognostic markers in atrophic age-related macular degeneration include the extent of existing atrophy, fundus autofluorescence (FAF) patterns and optical coherence tomography changes in the outer retina/retinal pigment epithelium interface. The prognostic implications of these findings may be used to determine not just the rate of disease progression but also influence the likelihood, magnitude and clinical relevance of therapy responses. FAF phenotypes have been extensively investigated; however, the pathophysiological mechanisms behind their appearance have not been fully elucidated. Optical coherence tomography imaging is additive to FAF imaging in atrophic age-related macular degeneration, allowing the visualization of detail not available through FAF imaging whilst also displaying subtle changes correlating with the FAF phenotypes themselves, thereby giving clues to their histological determinates. The developing understanding of these imaging modalities and consequent development of prognostically useful classification systems have widespread implication in clinical care and clinical trial design.