Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2021
Development and validation of the fingertip unit for assessing Facial Vitiligo Area Scoring Index.
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Bae Jung Min, Zubair Raheel, Ju Hyun Jeong, Kohli Indermeet, Lee Han Na, Eun Sung Hye, Lyons Alexis B, Vellaichamy Gautham, Han Tae Young, Lim Henry W, Hamzavi Iltefat H
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BACKGROUND: Facial involvement of vitiligo is an important factor in a patient's life and has often been evaluated separately from body surface area in clinical trials. However, no reliable tools to measure facial vitiligo specifically are available thus far.
OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a practical instrument for assessing facial vitiligo.
METHODS: The ratios of a hand to a fingertip unit (FTU) of 98 healthy volunteers (age range, 2-69 years) were calculated to define the FTU. Facial Vitiligo Area Scoring Index was measured as the sum of all FTUs of each vitiligo lesion on the face (range, 0-112 FTU). In the validation study, 6 raters evaluated 11 patients with facial vitiligo twice at an interval of 2 weeks.
RESULTS: One hand was measured at 32.1 ± 1.3 FTU, which was highly consistent among subjects across different age groups, sexes, and races. Facial Vitiligo Area Scoring Index showed remarkably high accuracy (concordance correlation coefficient, 0.946; smallest detectable change, 2.2 FTU) as well as high intrarater reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient, 0.903; inter-rater reliability, 0.903).
LIMITATIONS: Lack of dynamic validation of responsiveness.
CONCLUSION: Facial Vitiligo Area Scoring Index using the FTU is an intuitive, precise, and reliable instrument for assessing the extent of facial involvement in vitiligo patients.
OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a practical instrument for assessing facial vitiligo.
METHODS: The ratios of a hand to a fingertip unit (FTU) of 98 healthy volunteers (age range, 2-69 years) were calculated to define the FTU. Facial Vitiligo Area Scoring Index was measured as the sum of all FTUs of each vitiligo lesion on the face (range, 0-112 FTU). In the validation study, 6 raters evaluated 11 patients with facial vitiligo twice at an interval of 2 weeks.
RESULTS: One hand was measured at 32.1 ± 1.3 FTU, which was highly consistent among subjects across different age groups, sexes, and races. Facial Vitiligo Area Scoring Index showed remarkably high accuracy (concordance correlation coefficient, 0.946; smallest detectable change, 2.2 FTU) as well as high intrarater reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient, 0.903; inter-rater reliability, 0.903).
LIMITATIONS: Lack of dynamic validation of responsiveness.
CONCLUSION: Facial Vitiligo Area Scoring Index using the FTU is an intuitive, precise, and reliable instrument for assessing the extent of facial involvement in vitiligo patients.