The Patient Scar Assessment Questionnaire: A Reliable and Valid Patient-Reported Outcomes Measure for Linear Scars

Abstract

The Patient Scar Assessment Questionnaire is a reliable and valid measure of the patient's perception of scarring, although the Symptoms subscale requires further refinement. Subscales can be used independently of each other to allow assessment of scar change in specific domains.

Assessment of cosmetic outcome after laparoscopic cholecystectomy among women 4 years after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: is there a problem?

“…The patient scar questionnaire is divided into the following five categories (with possible scores in parentheses): appearance (9-36), symptoms (6-24), scar consciousness (6-24), satisfaction with appearance (8-32), and satisfaction with symptoms (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20). Each category contains a number of questions with four possible responses.…”

“…The patients were sent a validated patient scar assessment questionnaire [10] and followed up with a phone call or further repeat questionnaire if the phone call resulted in no answer.…”

Scar satisfaction and body image in thyroidectomy patients: prospective study in a tertiary referral centre

“…Furthermore, a good correlation was demonstrated between overall macroscopic Manchester Scar Scale scores and microscopic histological scores of scar subtypes (R 2 = 0.76, p < 0.001), enhancing its validity. 10,18 Similarly, there is an array of body image assessment tools. 19 Oosthuizen et al first constructed the Dysmorphic Concern Questionnaire in 1998, and it was originally developed to assess body image concern rather than being a tool to diagnose body dysmorphic disorder.…”

Transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES)-assisted laparoscopic adrenalectomy: first clinical experience

“…To investigate the satisfaction of patients in terms of cosmetic results, the Patient Scar Assessment Questionnaire (PSAQ: minimum/best score, 28; maximum/worst score, 112) [10] was introduced after postoperative month 3.…”