title: Prevalence of psychological disorders in patients with alopecia areata in comparison with normal subjects.
abstract: Alopecia areata is a chronic disease with a great impact on the patient's quality of life. In this study we reviewed the frequency of psychological disorders in patients with alopecia areata in comparison to a control group. We enrolled 40 patients with alopecia areata and a 40-volunteer random age-sex matched control group. The study is based on anxiety and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ). Analytical evaluation was done by Mann-Whitney, Kruskal Wallis, and t-tests. There was a significant difference between the case and control group regarding the prevalence of depression (P value = 0.008), anxiety (P value = 0.003), and neuroticism (P value = 0.05). There was no significant differences regarding extraversion (P value = 0.249), psychosis (P value = 0.147), and lying (P value = 0.899) between the two groups. In alopecia areata involving the head, there was a significant relation only between neuroticism (P value = 0.045) and lying (P value = 0.005). The facial involvement had a significant relation with depression (P value = 0.020), anxiety (P value = 0.019), and neuroticism (P value = 0.029). The frequency of psychological disorders in the case group is significantly greater than the control group.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Molecular Dermatology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7134844119, Iran.
authors.forename: Shahin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aghaei
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Molecular Dermatology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7134844119, Iran ; Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7134844119, Iran.
authors.forename: Nasrin
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9795-6898
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saki
authors.affiliation: Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7134844119, Iran.
authors.forename: Ehsan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Daneshmand
authors.affiliation: Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7134844119, Iran.
authors.forename: Bahare
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kardeh
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