DEVELOPMENT and ACCEPTABILITY of A NEW INTERNATIONAL QUALITY of LIFE INSTRUMENT SPECIFIC TO PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: BEAUTYQOL

Data Min Int, Geneva, SwitzerlandLab Sante Publ, Marseilles, FranceNatl Ctr Sci Res, Villeurbanne, FranceUniv Utah, Hlth Sci Ctr, Salt Lake City, UT USAUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilUniv Tokyo, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 113, JapanLOreal Int, Asnieres, FranceUniv Paris 06, Paris, FranceUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilWeb of Scienc

International development of the first quality of life instrument specific to cosmetology and physical appearance: the BeautyQol initiative

Data Mining Int, Geneva, SwitzerlandLab Sante Publ, Marseilles, FranceNatl Ctr Sci Res, Lyon, FranceUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilUniv Tokyo, Tokyo, JapanLoreal Int, Asnieres, FranceUniv Paris 06, Paris, FranceUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilWeb of Scienc

Validation of a New International Quality-of-Life Instrument Specific to Cosmetics and Physical Appearance BeautyQol Questionnaire

Objective: To develop a new quality-of-life (QoL) instrument with international validity that specifically assesses cosmetic products and physical appearance.Design: In the first phase, semidirected interviews involved 309 subjects. In the second stage, an acceptability study was performed on 874 subjects. Thereafter, we recruited a total of 3231 subjects, each of whom completed the BeautyQoL questionnaire, a clinical checklist for the skin, the generic QoL 36-Item Short Form Health Survey, and a sociodemographic questionnaire. A retest was performed 8 days later on a subgroup of 652 subjects.Setting: Populations in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Russia, the United States, Brazil, Japan, India, China, and South Africa, representing 16 languages.Participants: The general adult healthy population, including women and men.Main Outcome Measures: Psychometric properties, construct validity, reproducibility, and internal and external consistency.Results: General acceptability was very good in the 16 languages, with a very low rate of no answers. The validation phase reduced the questionnaire to 42 questions structured in the following 5 dimensions that explained 76.7% of the total variance: social life, self-confidence, mood, energy, and attractiveness. Internal consistency was high (Cronbach alpha coefficients, 0.93-0.98). Reproducibility at 8 days was satisfactory in all dimensions. Results of external validity testing revealed that BeautyQoL scores correlated significantly with all 36-Item Short Form Health Survey scores except for physical function.Conclusion: These results demonstrate the validity and reliability of the BeautyQoL questionnaire as the very first international instrument specific to cosmetic products and physical appearance. Arch Dermatol. 2012; 148(11):1275-1282L'Oreal ResearchData Min Int, CH-1215 Geneva 15, SwitzerlandParis Descartes Univ, Lab Appl Res Hlth Econ, Paris, FranceLOreal Res, Clichy, FranceUniv Utah, Dept Dermatol, Salt Lake City, UT USAUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Dermatol, Sao Paulo, BrazilUniv Tokyo, Dept Drug Policy & Management, Tokyo, JapanUniv Lyon 1, Lab Hlth Syst Anal, CNRS, F-69365 Lyon, FrancePierre Marie Curie Univ, Dept Biophys, Paris, FranceUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Dermatol, Sao Paulo, BrazilWeb of Scienc