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      <dc:title>The Impact of Sleep Quality on Mood Status and Quality of Life in Patients with Alopecia Areata: A Comparative Study</dc:title>
      <dc:creator>Sánchez Díaz, Manuel</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Díaz Calvillo, Pablo</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Soto Moreno, Alberto</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Molina Leyva, Alejandro</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Arias Santiago, Salvador Antonio</dc:creator>
      <dc:subject>Alopecia Areata</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Sleep quality</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Quality of life</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Mood status disturbances</dc:subject>
      <dc:description>Alopecia Areata (AA) is a chronic condition which has been associated with poor quality&#xd;
of life and mood status disturbances. The aim of this study is to compare the sleep quality between&#xd;
AA patients and controls, and to analyze the impact of poor sleep quality on patients with AA&#xd;
regarding mood status disturbances, quality of life and sexuality. A cross-sectional study including&#xd;
patients suffering from mild-to-severe AA and sex- and age-matched healthy controls was performed.&#xd;
Socio-demographic and clinical variables, sleep quality, quality of life, sexual disfunction, anxiety,&#xd;
depression and personality were collected using validated questionnaires. A total of 120 participants&#xd;
(60 patients and 60 controls) were included. Patients with AA showed worse sleep scores than&#xd;
controls (p = 0.003), as well as higher rates of anxiety and depression (p &lt; 0.05). After a multivariate&#xd;
analysis, a worse sleep quality was found to be linked to anxiety, depression, a poorer quality of life&#xd;
and a type D personality score independently of the disease severity. In light of the results, patients&#xd;
with AA have a worse sleep quality than healthy controls. A poor sleep quality is associated with&#xd;
anxiety, depression and a worse quality of life, therefore being a general marker of a poor quality of&#xd;
life. Screening for sleep disturbances in specialized units could be useful to detect patients who could&#xd;
benefit from additional psychological support.</dc:description>
      <dc:date>2022-11-29T07:54:45Z</dc:date>
      <dc:date>2022-11-29T07:54:45Z</dc:date>
      <dc:date>2022-10-12</dc:date>
      <dc:type>journal article</dc:type>
      <dc:identifier>Sánchez-Díaz, M... [et al.]. The Impact of Sleep Quality on Mood Status and Quality of Life in Patients with Alopecia Areata: A Comparative Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 13126. [https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013126]</dc:identifier>
      <dc:identifier>https://hdl.handle.net/10481/78163</dc:identifier>
      <dc:identifier>10.3390/ijerph192013126</dc:identifier>
      <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
      <dc:rights>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</dc:rights>
      <dc:rights>open access</dc:rights>
      <dc:rights>Atribución 4.0 Internacional</dc:rights>
      <dc:publisher>MDPI</dc:publisher>
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