18 research outputs found
Oral mucosal lesions and their association with sociodemographic, behavioral, and health status factors
Familial keloids associated with familial Noonan's syndrome treated with surgery followed by radiotherapy: First case from Albania
Reliability and validity of Mee-Bunney Psychological Pain Assessment Scale Turkish version
Comparison of quality of life in patients with androgenetic alopecia and alopecia areata
Análise da Depressão, dos Fatores de Risco para Sintomas Depressivos e do Uso de Antidepressivos entre Acadêmicos do Curso de Medicina da Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa
Longitudinal evaluation of manual lymphatic drainage for the treatment of gynoid lipodystrophy
Quality of life measurement in alopecia areata. Position statement of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Task Force on Quality of Life and Patient Oriented Outcomes
New treatment options may lead to an increased interest in using reliable and sensitive instruments to assess health-related quality of life in people with alopecia areata (AA). The purpose of this paper is to present current knowledge about quality of life assessment in AA. The dermatology-specific Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) was the most widely reported health-related quality of life instrument used in AA. Three AA-specific (Alopecia Areata Symptom Impact Scale, Alopecia Areata Quality of Life Index and Alopecia Areata Patients' Quality of Life) and three hair disease-specific instruments (Hairdex, Scalpdex and ‘hair-specific Skindex-29’) were identified with a range of content and validation characteristics: there is little evidence yet of the actual use of these measures in AA. Scalpdex is the best-validated hair disease-specific instrument. Further extensive validation is needed for all of the AA-specific instruments. The European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Task Force on Quality of Life and Patient Oriented Outcomes recommends the use of the dermatology-specific DLQI questionnaire, hair disease-specific Scalpdex and the alopecia areata-specific instruments the Alopecia Areata Symptom Impact Scale or Alopecia Areata Quality of Life Index, despite the limited experience of their use. We hope that new treatment methods will be able to improve both clinical signs and health-related quality of life in patients with AA. In order to assess the outcomes of trials on these new treatment methods, it would be helpful when further development and validation of AA-specific instruments is being encouraged and also conducted