Measuring public attitudes towards people living with chronic diseases in Arabic-speaking populations: adaptation and development of the Social Stigma Scale of Chronic Diseases (SSS-CD)

• Main Authors: Feten Fekih-Romdhane (Author), Sahar Obeid (Author), Georgio Chidiac (Author), Mariam Dabbous (Author), Diana Malaeb (Author), Rabih Hallit (Author), Souheil Hallit (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background A large proportion of the population in Arab countries suffer from chronic diseases. According to the statistics by the Global Health Estimates, chronic illnesses contribute by 71% to total deaths in the Arab region. While chronic illnesses have been demonstrated to carry high le...