| dc.description.abstract | Background: Androgenic alopecia is a progressive hair loss following a certain
pattern of baldness. Adrogenic alopecia is the most commonly hair growth
disorder which occurs in men. To a man, hair loss can result in psychological
distress affecting his quality of life.
Ovjective: To find out the description of quality of life in the patient with male
androgenic alopecia
Method: This descriptive study with cross-sectional easign involved 30 patients
with male ardmgenic alopecia Every patieut underwent a dermatologic
examination and answered the Skindex-29 questionnaires. The answers to the
questionnaires were assessd- The higher the score is, the lower his quality of life
is.
Result: Lower quality of life was found in the older patient with male androgenic
alopecia (respectively 50% with the score of Skindex-29 of 41 - 45 and 46 - 50),
severe degree of severity (40% with the score of Skindot-Z9 of 46 - 50), and
longer duration of disease (respectively 37.5% with the score of Skidor-29 of 46
- 50 and > 50).
Conclusion: Male androgenic alopecia affected the quality of life of patient based
on age degree of severity, and duration of disease. | en_US |
