Assessing a measure for Quality of Life in patients with severe Alopecia Areata: a multicentric Italian study

• Main Authors: Giacomo Caldarola (Author), Giulia Raimondi (Author), Tonia Samela (Author), Lorenzo Pinto (Author), Francesca Pampaloni (Author), Michela Valeria Rita Starace (Author), Laura Diluvio (Author), Federica Dall'Oglio (Author), Emanuele Vagnozzi (Author), Maria Beatrice de Felici del Giudice (Author), Riccardo Balestri (Author), Francesca Ambrogio (Author), Giampiero Girolomoni (Author), Silvia Francesca Riva (Author), Francesco Moro (Author), Laura Atzori (Author), Giuseppe Gallo (Author), Simone Ribero (Author), Oriana Simonetti (Author), Stefania Barruscotti (Author), Valeria Boccaletti (Author), Angelo Valerio Marzano (Author), Luca Bianchi (Author), Giuseppe Micali (Author), Bianca Maria Piraccini (Author), Maria Concetta Fargnoli (Author), Damiano Abeni (Author), Ketty Peris (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ObjectiveThe prevalence of anxiety and depression in patients diagnosed with Alopecia Areata (AA) is very high and this significant burden of psychological symptoms threatens the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of affected patients. Indeed, AA often does not produce significant physical sympt...