Survey on Alopecia Areata Patients’ Reported Factors that Determine Severity of Alopecia Areata: A Nationwide Multicenter Study
Jung Eun Kim, Subin Lee, Hoon Kang, Young Lee, Do-Young Kim, Hyunsun Park, Hyun-Tae Shin, Yong Hyun Jang, Kihyuk Shin, Ji Hae Lee, Jee Woong Choi, Byung Choel Park, Beom Joon Kim, Soo Hong Seo, Chong Hyun Won, Jin Park, Min Sung Kim, Sang Seok Kim, Bark-Lynn Lew, Chang-Hun Huh, Ohsang Kwon, Yang Won · 2024
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Description
Jung Eun Kim and co-authors ask hair-loss patients what makes their disease severe in a 2024 study. Alopecia areata strips hair from scalp and body in patches, and its burden turns on severity. The team surveyed patients at dermatology departments in twenty-one Korean university hospitals. Their web survey covered seventeen points, from clinical facts to felt burdens.
Nearly eight hundred patients and caregivers answered. About thirty percent had fallen ill in childhood, and over forty percent had illness lasting past three years. Half had lost more than twenty percent of scalp hair. Most agreed that this twenty percent line should mark severe disease. Long duration, hair loss beyond the scalp, failed treatment, and social or mental strain also counted. The authors say patient views expose unmet needs in current care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jung Eun Kim, Subin Lee, Hoon Kang, Young Lee, Do-Young Kim, Hyunsun Park, Hyun-Tae Shin, Yong Hyun Jang, Kihyuk Shin, Ji Hae Lee, Jee Woong Choi, Byung Choel Park, Beom Joon Kim, Soo Hong Seo, Chong Hyun Won, Jin Park, Min Sung Kim, Sang Seok Kim, Bark-Lynn Lew, Chang-Hun Huh, Ohsang Kwon, Yang Won |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |