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Table 3 Popularity of Words/Phrases to describe treatment results for vitiligo

From: Survey and online discussion groups to develop a patient-rated outcome measure on acceptability of treatment response in vitiligo

Words/Phrases

Number of votes

Percent

Good colour match between treated vitiligo patches and normal skin

72

17%

Skin is back to normal

66

15.6%

Feel better about appearance of skin

58

13.7%

Reduction in area of skin affected by vitiligo

48

11.3%

Even pattern of repigmentation

43

10.2%

Cosmetically acceptable result

26

6.1%

Satisfied with result

23

5.4%

Worth continuing with treatment

21

5%

Other

18

4.3%

Worthwhile result

17

4%

Result of treatment is acceptable

9

2.1%