Bruce A MacWilliams, Sarada Prasad, Amy L Shuckra, Michael H Schwartz
Causal factors affecting gross motor function in children diagnosed with cerebral palsy
PloS one
study planned evaluate perception alopecia side effect chemotherapy effect psychosocial life patients crosssectional descriptive study carried ili hamidiye etfal training research hospital inpatients radiation oncology clinic outpatients chemotherapy unit january 12 2013 january 12 2014 data study collected facetoface interviews using patient identification form disease alopeciarelated features form chemotherapyinduced alopecia quality life scale 213 patients faced chemotherapyinduced alopecia descriptive statistics statistical evaluation data nonparametric tests mannwhitney utest kruskalwallis test independent group comparisons used study group consisted mostly elementary school graduates 718 married 742 female 737 patients residing istanbul large number patients stated complaints hair began fall patients stated felt itching chemotherapyinduced alopecia quality life scale average scores 239 54 found low quality life patients negatively affected alopecia also impact alopecia diminished increasing level patients education found alopeciarelated quality life scores lower patients already wearing headscarf illness compared patients started wear headscarf illness conclusion chemotherapyinduced alopecia important problem affecting psychosocial life patients