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In this study, EQ-5D-5L and SF-6DV2 showed suitable measurement properties in assessing health utility among Chinese university staff and students, though they reported differences in sensitivity and cannot be used interchangeably.

This study found that women with polycystic ovary syndrome reported a poorer health-related quality of life compared to women in the general population and patients with other medical conditions.

This study validated the VQ-Dermato, the first dermatology-specific quality of life instrument in French, and found it to be reliable, acceptable for routine use, and more responsive than the SF36.

Alopecia areata seriously lowers quality of life, especially affecting self-image, mental health, and social life.

This study found that alopecia areata negatively affects patients' quality of life, though less severely than psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and onychomycosis.

This review discusses patient-reported outcomes for health-related quality of life in cutaneous lupus erythematosus and reports no new clinical results; the authors note limited existing research and recommend further studies.

This study found that health-related quality of life was significantly lower in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, especially those with the anovulatory phenotype, compared to non-PCOS controls attending a tertiary hospital.

This study found that those with pityriasis rubra pilaris reported worse quality of life than patients with most other dermatologic conditions, impacting daily activities and emphasizing its severe life quality implications.

In this prospective study, patients with androgenetic alopecia who underwent hair transplantation showed significant improvements in quality of life and life satisfaction, with reduced stress and anxiety levels, although depression and perceived social support did not significantly change.

This study assessed the effectiveness of the EQ-5D in measuring health-related quality of life for alopecia areata patients and found it may not accurately capture the burden of the condition, particularly its psychosocial impact, compared to other more condition-specific measures.

In this study, researchers reported that individuals with post-COVID-19 alopecia experienced a significant impact on their quality of life, particularly in the vitality domain, when compared to those without alopecia.

This study found that the Spanish version of the hair-specific Skindex-29 questionnaire effectively detected changes in health-related quality of life among women with female-pattern hair loss, and the scores were significantly correlated with the SF-12 survey results after treatment with a 5 alpha-reductase inhibitor.

This study found that generic quality of life questionnaires, like the SF-36 and DLQI, are not sensitive enough to detect differences in health-related quality of life between patients with varying severity of alopecia areata.

This study found that keloids significantly impair quality of life, with pain and itch being major contributors to this impact, comparable to other chronic dermatologic conditions.

This study observed that while alopecia treatment in patients showed some improvements in quality of life and anxiety scores at six months, these changes were not statistically significant.

In this study conducted among high school students in rural Eskişehir, Turkey, alopecia prevalence was 37.4% and was associated with factors such as oily scalp and irregular menstruation, negatively affecting quality of life.

This study found that androgenic alopecia patients using Propecia reported a significant decrease in Quality of Life compared to those using Minoxidil, particularly in the area of emotional role limitations.

Apoptosis may play a role in feather and hair development, SF-36 is better for mental health in skin patients, a psoriasis gene is found in Caucasians, eosinophils might not be crucial for some skin allergies, and changes in atopic dermatitis could increase skin sensitivity.

This study assessed the physical and mental health-related quality of life in patients undergoing either open surgical repair or endovascular aneurysm repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm using the SF-36 tool.

This review discusses the impact of polycystic ovary syndrome on health-related quality of life, highlighting its negative effects which may be influenced by cultural perceptions, obesity, infertility, and menstrual issues.

In this study, non-anemic menstruating women with iron deficiency showed significant associations with symptoms such as recent hair loss at serum ferritin levels ≤ 20 µg/l and restless legs syndrome at levels ≤ 50 µg/l.

This study suggests testosterone gel administered for one year to male chronic pain patients receiving morphine may improve sexual function and mental health, despite limited effects on overall pain scores.

This study evaluated the quality of life and mental health of patients after moderate traumatic brain injury, reporting changes in physical, mental, and social health as measured by various health scales.

This study suggests that Low-level Laser Therapy may improve pain and quality of life in women with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome, though larger studies are needed to confirm these findings.

This study concludes that one year after COVID-19 infection, patients in Northeast Brazil showed improvements in quality of life, although some symptoms such as anxiety and memory loss persisted.

This chapter reviews advancements in nanocarriers for delivering antipsoriatic drugs to improve skin targeting and therapeutic efficacy, reporting no new experimental results.

This review discusses the preliminary results of using rotational thrombectomy for acute dialysis-access graft occlusion in the upper extremity, reporting no new clinical outcomes.

This paper discusses the relationship between androgenetic alopecia and cardiovascular atherosclerosis, focusing on carotid intima-media thickness and the SYNTAX score, and reports no new results.

This study indicates that the EQ-5D-5L may not effectively capture the burden of alopecia areata on patients' health-related quality of life, and suggests that alternative measures might better assess treatment benefits related to hair regrowth.

This study reported that health-related quality of life was significantly lower in adult Mediterranean women with PCOS and the anovulatory phenotype compared to controls at a tertiary hospital.