Alopecia areata (AA) can have a significant effect on the domains of personality (i.e. temperament and character), emotions, behavior and social functioning.

Multiple clinical outcome assessment tools have been used to measure health-related quality of life in patients with AA, and many have a limited ability to measure concepts that are meaningful to patients with AA.

To better understand the effect of AA on patients, it is necessary to develop and validate AA-specific measurement tools for use in future studies.