Anxiety, depression, and quality of life in children and adults with alopecia areata: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Alopecia areata (AA) is a non-scarring hair loss condition, subclassified into AA, alopecia universalis, and alopecia totalis. There are indications that people with AA experience adverse psychosocial outcomes, but previous studies have not included a thorough meta-analysis and did not compare people with AA to people with other dermatological diagnoses. Therefore, the aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to update and expand previous systematic reviews, as well as describing and quantifying levels of anxiety, depression, and quality of life (QoL) in children and adults with AA.

Methods

A search was conducted, yielding 1,249 unique records of which 93 were included.

Results

Review results showed that people with AA have higher chances of be

SUBMITTER: van Dalen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9745337 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature