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There are no studies that assess QoL in Serbian <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AA<\/jats:styled-content> patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study aims to assess the impact of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AA<\/jats:styled-content> on patients' QoL in comparison to patients affected by other skin diseases and to determine the impact of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AA<\/jats:styled-content> patients on QoL.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A hospital\u2010based cross\u2010sectional study of 60 patients with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AA<\/jats:styled-content> was conducted at the Clinic of Dermatovenereology, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade between April 2012 and June 2013. The severity of hair loss was assessed using the Severity of Alopecia Tool (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SALT<\/jats:styled-content>). Patients' self\u2010assessment of QoL was measured by three self\u2010administered questionnaires: The Short Form\u201036 Health Survey (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SF<\/jats:styled-content>\u201036), Dermatology Life Quality Index (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DLQI<\/jats:styled-content>) and The Skindex\u201029.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Sixty <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AA<\/jats:styled-content> patients (16 males and 44 females) with mean age of 37.35 \u00b1 14.26 years completed the questionnaires. We confirmed that QoL of our <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AA<\/jats:styled-content> patients was impaired. Compared with patients suffering from psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and onychomycosis <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AA<\/jats:styled-content> patients presented significantly better QoL. Severity of disease (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SALT<\/jats:styled-content>) correlated only with personal relationship \u2013 dimension of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DLQI<\/jats:styled-content> (\u03c1 = 0.29, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.05) and social functioning \u2013 dimension of Skindex (\u03c1 = 0.26, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.05). No correlation was observed between severity of the disease and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SF<\/jats:styled-content>\u201036 subscales. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AA<\/jats:styled-content> patients with depression had significantly worse QoL in daily activities, leisure, work or school and personal relationships \u2013 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DLQI<\/jats:styled-content> dimensions, and emotions and social functioning \u2013 Skindex subscales.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our study demonstrates that <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AA<\/jats:styled-content> influences QoL, but to a lesser degree than observed for psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and 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