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Factors associated with traction alopecia in women living in Yaoundé (Cameroon)

BACKGROUND: Traction alopecia (TA) is very common in Africa but few studies on African population are available. We sought to determine factors associated with TA and measure the association between these factors and TA. METHODS: We carried out an analytical cross-sectional study in 29 hairdressing...

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Autores principales: Nzeng, Letitia Fiona Mbussuh, Nguefack-Tsague, Georges, Tounouga, Dahlia Noëlle, Soumah, Mohamed Maciré, Mbang, Franck Albert Armand, Sigha, Odette Berline, Nkoro, Grace Anita, Kotto, Rose, Kouotou, Emmanuel Armand
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10631135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37940913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-023-02716-2
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author Nzeng, Letitia Fiona Mbussuh
Nguefack-Tsague, Georges
Tounouga, Dahlia Noëlle
Soumah, Mohamed Maciré
Mbang, Franck Albert Armand
Sigha, Odette Berline
Nkoro, Grace Anita
Kotto, Rose
Kouotou, Emmanuel Armand
author_facet Nzeng, Letitia Fiona Mbussuh
Nguefack-Tsague, Georges
Tounouga, Dahlia Noëlle
Soumah, Mohamed Maciré
Mbang, Franck Albert Armand
Sigha, Odette Berline
Nkoro, Grace Anita
Kotto, Rose
Kouotou, Emmanuel Armand
author_sort Nzeng, Letitia Fiona Mbussuh
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description BACKGROUND: Traction alopecia (TA) is very common in Africa but few studies on African population are available. We sought to determine factors associated with TA and measure the association between these factors and TA. METHODS: We carried out an analytical cross-sectional study in 29 hairdressing saloons in the city of Yaoundé. A questionnaire was administered and scalp exams were performed in order to look for TA and determine Marginal TA severity score if present. Participants were separated in two groups: TA group and a group without TA. RESULTS: We finally included 223 women (77 having TA and 146 without TA). The median age was 26 years for women with TA and 24 years for women without TA. The factors associated with traction alopecia we found included: age ≥ 35 years (adjusted OR = 4; p = 0.016). Hairdressing undertaken by hairdressers only (adjusted OR = 0.2; p = 0.008), the avoidance of the regular use of nets, caps and head ties (OR = 0.2; p = 0.006) and relaxing hairs once a year or less (adjusted OR = 0.2; p = 0.005) could be protective factors. As well, we found a positive correlation between age and TA severity (r = 0.235; p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Age and some haircare practices are associated to TA occurrence in our context. Women therefore need to be educated on these various factors that could be able to cause, worsen or prevent TA.
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spelling pubmed-106311352023-11-07 Factors associated with traction alopecia in women living in Yaoundé (Cameroon) Nzeng, Letitia Fiona Mbussuh Nguefack-Tsague, Georges Tounouga, Dahlia Noëlle Soumah, Mohamed Maciré Mbang, Franck Albert Armand Sigha, Odette Berline Nkoro, Grace Anita Kotto, Rose Kouotou, Emmanuel Armand BMC Womens Health Research BACKGROUND: Traction alopecia (TA) is very common in Africa but few studies on African population are available. We sought to determine factors associated with TA and measure the association between these factors and TA. METHODS: We carried out an analytical cross-sectional study in 29 hairdressing saloons in the city of Yaoundé. A questionnaire was administered and scalp exams were performed in order to look for TA and determine Marginal TA severity score if present. Participants were separated in two groups: TA group and a group without TA. RESULTS: We finally included 223 women (77 having TA and 146 without TA). The median age was 26 years for women with TA and 24 years for women without TA. The factors associated with traction alopecia we found included: age ≥ 35 years (adjusted OR = 4; p = 0.016). Hairdressing undertaken by hairdressers only (adjusted OR = 0.2; p = 0.008), the avoidance of the regular use of nets, caps and head ties (OR = 0.2; p = 0.006) and relaxing hairs once a year or less (adjusted OR = 0.2; p = 0.005) could be protective factors. As well, we found a positive correlation between age and TA severity (r = 0.235; p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Age and some haircare practices are associated to TA occurrence in our context. Women therefore need to be educated on these various factors that could be able to cause, worsen or prevent TA. BioMed Central 2023-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10631135/ /pubmed/37940913 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-023-02716-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Nzeng, Letitia Fiona Mbussuh
Nguefack-Tsague, Georges
Tounouga, Dahlia Noëlle
Soumah, Mohamed Maciré
Mbang, Franck Albert Armand
Sigha, Odette Berline
Nkoro, Grace Anita
Kotto, Rose
Kouotou, Emmanuel Armand
Factors associated with traction alopecia in women living in Yaoundé (Cameroon)
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title_full Factors associated with traction alopecia in women living in Yaoundé (Cameroon)
title_fullStr Factors associated with traction alopecia in women living in Yaoundé (Cameroon)
title_full_unstemmed Factors associated with traction alopecia in women living in Yaoundé (Cameroon)
title_short Factors associated with traction alopecia in women living in Yaoundé (Cameroon)
title_sort factors associated with traction alopecia in women living in yaoundé (cameroon)
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10631135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37940913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12905-023-02716-2
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