Coping Strategies, Loneliness, and Resilience in Patients With Dermatosis (ESDaP3)

• Coping strategies: Brief COPE questionnaire (dispositional format)
• Loneliness: UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-8)
• Resilience: Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)
• Sleep: Insomnia Severity Index Questionnaire (ISI)
• Anxiety: Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2 (GAD-2)
• Depression: Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2)
• Quality of life: Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI)
• Well-being: Skin Well-Being Scale
• Impact of dermatosis on the partner: FROM-16

• Coping strategies: Brief COPE questionnaire (dispositional format)
• Loneliness: UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-8)
• Resilience: Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)
• Sleep: Insomnia Severity Index Questionnaire (ISI)
• Anxiety: Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2 (GAD-2)
• Depression: Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2)
• Quality of life: Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI)
• Well-being: Skin Well-Being Scale
• Impact of dermatosis on the partner: FROM-16

Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory (Brief COPE inventory) questionnaire (dispositional format) :

The questionnaire contains 28 items, divided into 14 coping strategies (2 items per strategy); each item is rated on a scale of 1 to 4:

1. = I almost never do this
2. = I do this sometimes
3. = I do this often
4. = I almost always do this

The analysis is conducted by subscale (each strategy), with scores ranging from 2 to 8.

The interpretation depends on the coping strategy being measured:

• for adaptive strategies, a high score is generally positive
• for less adaptive/dysfunctional strategies, a high score is generally negative

UCLA Loneliness Scale - short Form (ULS-8)

The questionnaire consists of 8 items, each rated on a scale of 1 to 4:

1. = Never
2. = Rarely
3. = Sometimes
4. = Often

A high score indicates a high level of loneliness.

Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), it consists of 6 items.

Each item is rated on a scale of 1 to 5:

1. = Strongly disagree
2. = Disagree
3. = Neither agree nor disagree
4. = Agree
5. = Strongly agree

The average of the 6 items is typically calculated (rather than the sum). Minimum score = 1, Maximum score = 5

A high score indicates greater resilience.

Insomnia Severity Index Questionnaire (ISI)

The ISI consists of 7 items.

Each item is rated on a scale of 0 to 4:

0 = No problem

1. = Mild
2. = Moderate
3. = Severe
4. = Very severe

Total score: Minimum = 0, Maximum = 28

A high score indicates a more severe form of insomnia.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2 (GAD-2)

The GAD-2 consists of 2 items.

Each item is scored on a scale of 0 to 3:

0 = Never

1. = Several days
2. = More than half the days
3. = Almost every day

Total score: Minimum = 0, Maximum = 6

A high score indicates a higher level of anxiety.

Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2)

The PHQ-2 consists of 2 items.

Each item is scored on a scale of 0 to 3:

0 = Never

1. = Several days
2. = More than half the days
3. = Almost every day

Total score: Minimum = 0, Maximum = 6

A high score indicates a higher level of depressive symptoms

Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI)

The DLQI consists of 10 items.

Each item is scored on a scale of 0 to 3:

0 = Not at all / Not applicable

1. = A little
2. = A lot
3. = Very much

Total score: Minimum = 0, Maximum = 30

A high score indicates a greater impact of the skin condition on quality of life

Skin Well Being Scale (SWBS)

The SWBS consists of 5 items.

Each item is rated on a scale of 0 to 5:

0. All the time

1. Most of the time
2. More than half the time
3. Less than half the time
4. Sometimes
5. Never

Total score: Minimum = 0, Maximum = 25

A lower score indicates better skin well-being.

Family Reported Outcome Measure (FROM-16)

The FROM-16 consists of 16 items.

Each item is rated on a scale of 0 to 2:

0 = Not at all

1. = A little
2. = A lot

Total score: Minimum = 0, Maximum = 32

A high score indicates a greater impact of the illness on the quality of life of family members.