Using Skindex-29 Scale to Assess the Impact of Androgenetic/Patterned Hair Loss on Quality of Life of Patients in Pakistan

    February 2022 in “ Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal ”
    Sakina Sadiq, Tehseen Naveed, Safoora Naveed, Irfan Jamil Minhas, Bushra Tayyaba Khan, Sunniya Sadiq
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    TLDR Hair loss significantly affects quality of life, especially for women, in Pakistan.
    The study "Using Skindex-29 Scale to Assess The Impact of Androgenetic/Patterned Hair Loss on Quality of Life of Patients in Pakistan" involved 300 patients (150 males and 150 females) with androgenetic alopecia (AGA)/female patterned hair loss (FPHL). The Skindex-29 questionnaire was used to assess the impact of alopecia on their quality of life. The mean age of participants was 41.6 ± 12.4 years, with most patients (40.7%) having grade-1 severity of alopecia and a disease duration of 1-5 years (37.3%). The study found that gender and disease duration were statistically significant (p=0.001 and p=0.013 respectively) in affecting the quality of life. The Skindex-29 scale was found to be effective in assessing the quality of life in AGA/FPHL patients, with females being more severely affected than males.
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