“‘You lose your hair, what’s the big deal?’ I was so embarrassed, I was so self-conscious, I was so depressed:” a qualitative interview study to understand the psychosocial burden of alopecia areata

BACKGROUND: Alopecia areata (AA) is characterized by hair loss that can affect the scalp and body. This study describes the psychosocial burden of AA. METHODS: Participants diagnosed with AA who had experienced ≥50% scalp hair loss according to the Severity of Alopecia Tool (SALT) were identified by...

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Autores principales: Aldhouse, Natalie V. J., Kitchen, Helen, Knight, Sarah, Macey, Jake, Nunes, Fabio P., Dutronc, Yves, Mesinkovska, Natasha, Ko, Justin M., King, Brett A., Wyrwich, Kathleen W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2020
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7483696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32914253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41687-020-00240-7

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