Askin Ozge, Gok Ayse Mine, Serdaroglu Server
Department of Dermatology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa-Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Skin Appendage Disord. 2021 Jan;7(1):18-20. doi: 10.1159/000511739. Epub 2020 Dec 2.
Trichodynia can be described as a feeling of discomfort in the scalp. Studies on trichodynia also have different data.
The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency and associated factors of trichodynia.
A questionnaire was applied to 249 patients who were admitted to the Hair Diseases Unit of Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Hospital. We recorded the age, sex, hair loss duration, diagnosis, and whether or not patients had trichodynia symptoms.
Out of a total of 249 patients, 89 patients (35.7%) had trichodynia. We found that the mean age of patients with trichodynia was higher than the mean age of those without trichodynia. Trichodynia was more common in women than in men. In addition, it was more common in the cicatricial alopecia group than the other disease groups.
The frequency of trichodynia was significantly higher in women in comparison to that in men. Symptoms of trichodynia were significantly more common in patients with cicatricial alopecia in comparison to that in the other 4 diagnostic categories. There was no significant difference between the 4 diagnostic categories in terms of trichodynia severity.
头皮疼痛可描述为头皮的不适感。关于头皮疼痛的研究也有不同的数据。
本研究的目的是调查头皮疼痛的发生率及相关因素。
对伊斯坦布尔大学塞拉哈帕夏医院毛发疾病科收治的249例患者进行问卷调查。我们记录了患者的年龄、性别、脱发持续时间、诊断情况以及患者是否有头皮疼痛症状。
在总共249例患者中，89例（35.7%）有头皮疼痛。我们发现有头皮疼痛的患者的平均年龄高于无头皮疼痛的患者。头皮疼痛在女性中比在男性中更常见。此外，在瘢痕性脱发组中比在其他疾病组中更常见。
与男性相比，女性头皮疼痛的发生率显著更高。与其他4个诊断类别相比，瘢痕性脱发患者的头皮疼痛症状明显更常见。在4个诊断类别之间，头皮疼痛严重程度没有显著差异。
