Document Type : Original Article
Authors
- Fatemeh Joleini 1
- Maryam Karrabi 2
- Mahbubeh Neamatshahi 3
- Seyed Majid Ghazanfari 4
- Rahil Mahmoodi 3
- Roghayeh Javan 5
1 Student Research Committee, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
2 Dermatologist, Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of community of medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
4 4. Assistant Professor, Iranian Research Center on Health Aging (IRCHA), Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
5 Assistant Professor, Department of Persian Medicine, Non-Comunicable Disease Research Center , School of Medicine, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, IranSabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Androgenic alopecia is one of the most common hair loss problems in men and women. Based on the symptoms, this type of hair loss can be compared to "Sale" in Persian medicine texts. The study aims to evaluate the relationship between temperament and androgenic alopecia in patients referred to the skin clinic.
Materials and Methods: The current cross-sectional study was conducted on 164 patients with androgenic hair loss referred to the dermatology clinic. Patients were randomly selected. After collecting data, they were analyzed using SPSS 16 software.
Results: According to the results, although the greatest extent of hair loss in all grades was in men with warm and more wet temperaments, the results of Fisher's test showed that there was no statistically significant relationship between the severity of hair loss and the type of temperament (hot and cold) in men (P=0.39 and 0.89). The greatest extent of moderate to severe and severe hair loss was observed in women with cold temperament. The results of Fisher's test show that there is no significant relationship between the extent of hair loss and hot, and cold temperament (P=0.49) and dry and wet temperament (P=0.97) in women.
Conclusion: Despite the numerical superiority of men with hot and wet temperament and women with cold and wet temperament, there was no significant relationship between them and hair loss. Further studies with larger sample sizes are recommended.
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