Psychosocial and psychiatric comorbidities and health-related quality of life in alopecia areata: a systematic review

A Toussi, VR Barton, ST Le, ON Agbai… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Alopecia areata (AA) is an immune-mediated disease resulting in nonscarring
hair loss. Systematic reviews on the psychosocial and psychiatric comorbidities, health-
related quality of life, and interventions targeting psychosocial well-being are limited.
Objective To conduct a systematic review of the psychosocial comorbidities, health-related
quality of life, and treatment options targeting psychosocial well-being in adult and pediatric
AA patients. Methods A systematic review was performed according to Preferred Reporting …