The practical utility of psychometric scales for the assessment of the impact of posttraumatic scars on mental health

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    Based on these considerations, the authors thought to study and analyze the psychosocial effect of scars using psychometric scales and apply them to people with post-traumatic versus post-surgical scars. Summarizing the presented results, the authors consider that, in the case of participants with post-traumatic scars (experimental group), they internalize the changes at the level of the skin depending on the appreciation of the scars measured with POSAS P (β=0.28) and the lack of hope (β=0.19). In the situation where the scars were surgically produced (control group), the internalization of . . .

     

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