id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_dvjvdhrkf5drtgiododl2w4opa Joy Wan Reliability and Validity of a Photographic Method for Measuring Facial Hair Density in Men 2011.0 2 .pdf application/pdf 1862 163 59 M any studies have investigated hair removal orgrowth prevention treatments, but they of-ten measure hair density using noninvasive photographic and digital hair-counting methods have been used in a hair growth prevention treatment trial and assess its reliability and validity. assessment (PGA) score for hair density of 4 or 5 in the hairs in all photographs to assess interrater reliability Our hair counting method demonstrates excellent interrater and intrarater reliability as well as construct validity based on its ability to discriminate categories of a PGA.3 In contrast to other methods, our approach assessment scales, which may be too qualitative for clinical trials.1 Moreover, it is less tedious and labor intensive than the manual collection, counting, and weighing of hair.4 Although automated methods such as the Wan and Steinemann and Drs Abuabara, Kurd, Musiek, Abuabara and Kurd) and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Dr Gelfand), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia; and ./cache/work_dvjvdhrkf5drtgiododl2w4opa.pdf ./txt/work_dvjvdhrkf5drtgiododl2w4opa.txt