|
|
Association between psychosocial distress, sexual disorders, self-esteem and quality of life with male androgenetic alopecia : a population-based study with men at age 46 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Sinikumpu, Suvi-Päivikki1,2; Jokelainen, Jari3; Auvinen, Juha4; |
| Organizations: |
1Department of Dermatology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland 2PEDEGO Research Group, Medical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu, Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, Finland 3Northern Finland Birth Cohorts, Arctic Biobank, Infrastructure for Population Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, Finland
4Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu, Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, Finland
|
| Format: | article |
| Version: | published version |
| Access: | open |
| Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.3 MB) |
| Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2022020217309 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
BMJ,
2021
|
| Publish Date: | 2022-02-02 |
| Description: |
AbstractObjectives: To study the association between androgenetic alopecia (AGA) and its severity with psychosocial well-being in male subjects aged 46 years at the population level. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: The Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 (NFBC1966). Participants: Data were available for 892 male subjects aged 46 years. Interventions: Study subjects underwent comprehensive health examinations including a skin evaluation by dermatologists and determination of AGA according to the Norwood classification. They also filled in a questionnaire battery that included previously validated questionnaires: the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25, the Beck Depression Inventory–II; the Generalised Anxiety Disorder Screener; a 15-dimensional measure of health-related quality of life; a 12-Item General Health Questionnaire. The battery also included questions about self-esteem and sexual health. Main outcome measurements: The presence of AGA and its severity, psychosocial well-being. Results: AGA was found in 68.5% of subjects, 27.8% of the cases were severe, 33.2% moderate and 39.0% mild. There was no significant association between the presence of AGA or its severity with depression, anxiety, quality of life, self-esteem or sexual symptoms. Those with severe AGA reported lower sexual activity when compared with those without AGA; however, the difference was not statistically significant. Conclusions: Middle-aged men with AGA did not differ from men without AGA in terms of psychosocial well-being. see all
|
| Series: |
BMJ open |
| ISSN: | 2044-6055 |
| ISSN-E: | 2044-6055 |
| ISSN-L: | 2044-6055 |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Issue: | 12 |
| Article number: | e049855 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049855 |
| OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049855 |
| Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
| Field of Science: |
3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine 3124 Neurology and psychiatry |
| Subjects: | |
| Copyright information: |
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. |
|
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |