The Level of Stress and the Assessment of Selected Clinical Parameters in Patients with Androgenetic Alopecia
December 2020
in “
Polski merkuriusz lekarski : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego
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TLDR People with androgenetic alopecia often experience high stress, but the stress doesn't affect how the disease progresses or how well different treatments work.
The study "The level of stress and the assessment of selected clinical parameters in patients with androgenetic alopecia" analyzed 106 patients with androgenetic alopecia, focusing on their age, duration of disease, disease progression, family history, exposure to stress, and treatment modality. The patients reported high levels of stress exposure, scoring 7 and 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. However, the type of treatment applied (local vs. systemic) did not significantly alleviate stress, and disease progression did not correlate with the level of stress. Most patients (80.00%) were treated with topical agents in the form of scalp massage liquids, 17.14% underwent systemic treatment, 3.81% resorted to esthetic medicine procedures, and 22.86% used dietary supplements or OTC topical agents. The high levels of stress reported by patients likely stemmed from the symptoms of the disease itself.
