Quality of life, psychosocial difficulties and bullying in paediatric patients with alopecia areata: a European cross-sectional study
Adolescents with AA often face significant challenges, including higher rates of bullying and emotional struggles compared with healthy controls. Developing targeted interventions to combat stigma and support mental and emotional wellbeing of paediatric patients with AA, in addition to a collaborative effort involving dermatologists, psychologists and educators could possibly make a meaningful difference in improving the QoL for these young individuals.
Authors
- Sophie Leducq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4860-6365)
- Sergio Vañó‐Galván (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2773-7494)
- Ulrike Blume‐Peytavi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3528-3752)
- Agathe Franz
- Bianca Maria Piraccini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6537-9689)
- Anna Waśkiel‐Burnat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4984-3589)
- Vasiliki Chasapi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2168-3317)
- Kathrin Hillmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7251-5351)
- Lidia Rudnicka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8308-1023)
- C. Abasq
- Carolina Prat Torres
- Jan Pfetsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7998-1291)
- Andria Constantinou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6569-8636)
- A. Maruani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3734-810X)
- Michela Valeria Rita Starace (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3981-1527)
Institutions
- Université de Tours (FR)
- Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona (ES)
- Inserm (FR)
- Masaryk University (CZ)
- Instituto Cajal (ES)
- Medical University of Warsaw (PL)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours (FR)
- Clinical Research Center for Hair and Skin Science (DE)
- Azienda USL di Bologna (IT)
- Andreas Sygros Hospital (GR)
- Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (FR)
- Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT)
- methodS in Patient-centered outcomes and HEalth ResEarch
- Technische Universität Berlin (DE)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Dermatology
- Published
- 2025-08-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljaf318
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Hair Growth and Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.51
Funders
- Pfizer