ArticleThe Journal of dermatology2025
Perceived Stigma and Mental Health Disorders Among Adults With Alopecia Areata Living in Japan.
Article in The Journal of dermatology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Intersection of Sleep and Hair Loss: A Systematic Review.Dermatology and therapy · 2026Pooled it
- Global landscape of cranial prosthesis policies for medical hair loss: a narrative review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Alopecia areata (AA) is a common disorder that causes hair loss and can significantly impact quality of life, which may be partially due to AA-related stigma. Examining the impact of AA on psychosocial health is important for understanding the burden experienced by patients with AA. The primary objective of this study was to examine mental health and sleep conditions, hair growth satisfaction, and AA-related stigma perceptions among individuals diagnosed with AA in Japan. The study used patients' self-reported data collected from the National Health and Wellness Survey conducted in Japan in 2023. Collected data included demographic characteristics and comorbidities; among those with a self-reported clinical diagnosis of AA, additional information on clinical characteristics, treatments, and perceived AA-related stigma was captured. Results were analyzed and stratified by self-assessed disease severity. Among the full sample (30 013 adults living in Japan), 471 respondents reported a clinical diagnosis of AA, including 347 mild cases, 100 moderate cases, and 24 severe cases. A diagnosed mental health disorder in the past year was reported by 57 respondents (12.1%), and 67 (14.2%) reported a diagnosed sleep condition in the past year. Less than half of respondents (47.4%) were satisfied with their current hair growth, and satisfaction decreased with increasing disease severity. Overall, 70.3% of respondents reported feelings of embarrassment, 55.0% felt that others judged them negatively, and 50.3% felt that others treated them negatively due to AA. A higher proportion of respondents with a severe case (54.2%) reported feeling embarrassed to have AA "very much so" compared with respondents who had mild (15.3%) or moderate (26.0%) cases. Perceived AA-associated stigma increased with disease severity. Overall, this study demonstrated the prevalence of AA-related disease stigma and mental health conditions among individuals with AA living in Japan, underscoring the importance of mental health support for patients with AA.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.