Evaluation of the Awareness, Beliefs, and Psychological Impact of Patients with Alopecia Areata in Makkah City, Saudi Arabia

Table 3

Factors associated with participants’ knowledge regarding alopecia areata before diagnosis.

Parameters	Category	Knowledge about AA
		No, N = 68	Yes, N = 143
Gender	Male	40 (35.1%)	74 (64.9%)	0.335
	Female	28 (28.9%)	69 (71.1%)
Age	<18	8 (33.3%)	16 (66.7%)	0.226
	18 to <30	31 (40.8%)	45 (59.2%)
	30 to <45	27 (27.3%)	72 (72.7%)
	45 to <60	1 (11.1%)	8 (88.9%)
	60 or more	1 (33.3%)	2 (66.7%)
Educational level	Uneducated	1 (12.5%)	7 (87.5%)	0.028
	High school or less	29 (40.8%)	42 (59.2%)
	Bachelor or diploma	33 (26.6%)	91 (73.4%)
	Postgraduate	5 (62.5%)	3 (37.5%)
Social status	Single	46 (43.0%)	61 (57.0%)	<0.001
	Married	19 (19.8%)	77 (80.2%)
	Divorced	2 (28.6%)	5 (71.4%)
	Widow	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)

Bold values represent statistical significance data as p value of  < 0.05.