Psychosocial and psychiatric comorbidities and health-related quality of life in alopecia areata: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alopecia areata (AA) is an immune-mediated disease resulting in nonscarring hair loss. Systematic reviews on the psychosocial and psychiatric comorbidities, health-related quality of life, and interventions targeting psychosocial well-being are limited.

Objective

To conduct a systematic review of the psychosocial comorbidities, health-related quality of life, and treatment options targeting psychosocial well-being in adult and pediatric AA patients.

Methods

A systematic review was performed according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines within the PubMed database. Specific search terms included, but were not limited to, alopecia areata, psychosocial, psychiatry, and quality of life. Studies were then eval

SUBMITTER: Toussi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8260215 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature