Hierarchy of hair loss stigma: media portrayals of cancer, alopecia areata, and ringworm in Israeli newspapers

Table 5 Patient representations in images according to disease type

Characteristic	Ringworm	AA	Cancer	α	χ ² Value	LB 95% CI	UB 95% CI
Hair loss	13.8%^b	23.7%^a	4.6%^c	0.88	29.85***	.0001	.0001
Obscured face	11.0%^a	5.3%	2.1%^b	0.88	16.96***	.002	.004
						F_{(2, 141.51)}	ɳ²
Number of images, mean	0.71^a	1.65^b	1.56^b	0.85		53.21	.04
SD	0.99	1.58	2.11
Number of people displayed, mean	3.24	1.67	2.38	0.76		1.19	.00
SD	5.18	1.07	5.69
Number of patients displayed, mean	1.05	1.36	1.49	0.77		0.52	.00
SD	1.43	0.92	6.00

AA alopecia areata, α Krippendorff’s Alpha, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, LB lower bound value, UB upper bound value
Different superscript letters indicate significantly different prevalence. ***p < .001

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