Clinical significance and validation of dermatological indexes for assessing acne severity
- Authors: Olkhovskaya K.B.1, Keniksfest Y.V.2
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Affiliations:
- Central State Medical Academy of the Administrative Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation
- Ural Research Institute of Dermatovenereology and Immunopathology
- Issue: Vol 32, No 10 (2025)
- Pages: 74-79
- Section: Original articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2073-4034/article/view/380902
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18565/pharmateca.2025.10.74-79
- ID: 380902
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Abstract
Objective: Determination of the clinical significance and validity of the most common dermatological indices for assessing acne severity.
Materials and methods: The results of a clinical examination of 230 acne patients (129 men and 101 women) were analyzed, resulting in the recording of data according to the GAGS, IGA/PGA, DIA, and ECCA.
Results: Interpretation and statistical processing of the obtained data revealed no agreement among the indicators of any of the scales, and the reliability of these indices revealed extremely low validity thresholds.
Conclusion: These data indicate the need to develop a fundamentally new and easy-to-use acne severity assessment system.
About the authors
K. B. Olkhovskaya
Central State Medical Academy of the Administrative Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation
Author for correspondence.
Email: olhovskaya_kira@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4920-5288
SPIN-code: 9455-9482
Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor, Department of Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology
Russian Federation, MoscowYulia V. Keniksfest
Ural Research Institute of Dermatovenereology and Immunopathology
Email: keniksfest@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8431-5664
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Chronic Dermatoses for Adults
Russian Federation, YekaterinburgReferences
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