Prevalence and Odds of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders and Symptoms in Children and Adults With Alopecia Areata: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Two recent meta-analyses reported a high prevalence of both anxiety and depression in patients with alopecia areata (AA), as well as a positive association of AA with anxiety and depression, without distinguishing between disorders and symptoms. Yet, depression and anxiety can manifest either as symptoms identified in questionnaires or as specific diagnoses defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition) or International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision criteria.

Objective

To perform a large meta-analysis separating the prevalence of depressive and anxiety disorders from that of depressive and anxiety symptoms in patients with AA.

Data sources

PubMed, ScienceDirect, the Cochr

SUBMITTER: Lauron S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9878435 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature