Epidemiology of Acne Vulgaris: Prevalence, Severity and its Impact among School Teenagers in Makkah, Saudi Arabia
H. Alfalogy, E., H. Hariri, N., T. Yamani, I., H. Al-Mosa, W., D. Majrashi, R. (2018). Epidemiology of Acne Vulgaris: Prevalence, Severity and its Impact among School Teenagers in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 2(1), 1-12. doi: 10.21608/efmj.2018.67775
Enas H. Alfalogy; Nahla H. Hariri; Ibtihal T. Yamani; Wedyan H. Al-Mosa; Rawabi D. Majrashi. "Epidemiology of Acne Vulgaris: Prevalence, Severity and its Impact among School Teenagers in Makkah, Saudi Arabia". EKB Journal Management System, 2, 1, 2018, 1-12. doi: 10.21608/efmj.2018.67775
H. Alfalogy, E., H. Hariri, N., T. Yamani, I., H. Al-Mosa, W., D. Majrashi, R. (2018). 'Epidemiology of Acne Vulgaris: Prevalence, Severity and its Impact among School Teenagers in Makkah, Saudi Arabia', EKB Journal Management System, 2(1), pp. 1-12. doi: 10.21608/efmj.2018.67775
H. Alfalogy, E., H. Hariri, N., T. Yamani, I., H. Al-Mosa, W., D. Majrashi, R. Epidemiology of Acne Vulgaris: Prevalence, Severity and its Impact among School Teenagers in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 2018; 2(1): 1-12. doi: 10.21608/efmj.2018.67775

Epidemiology of Acne Vulgaris: Prevalence, Severity and its Impact among School Teenagers in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

The Egyptian Family Medicine Journal
Article 8, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2018, Page 1-12  XML PDF (1.39 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/efmj.2018.67775
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Authors
Enas H. Alfalogy email 1; Nahla H. Hariri2; Ibtihal T. Yamani3; Wedyan H. Al-Mosa4; Rawabi D. Majrashi4
1Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismalia, Egypt.
2Community Department, College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah,, Saudi Arabia.
3Medical student, College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah,, Saudi Arabia
4Medical student, College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah,, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract
Background: Acne vulgaris is one of the most prevalent chronic inflammatory dermatological problems among teenagers worldwide. It has a significant emotional and psychosocial impact on patient's quality of life. Acne vulgaris influence is found to be much higher in developing countries once compared to developed countries. Aim: to estimate the prevalence of acne vulgaris, severity, types and its influence on quality of life among Teenagers. Subjects and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on 196 female teenagers aged between 13-19 years who were selected randomly. They were surveyed using a self- administered questionnaire followed by a physical examination by global acne grading (GAG) system. Cardiff Acne Disability Index (CADI) was employed to evaluate effect of acne on quality of life. Results:  The prevalence of acne vulgaris was (45.7%). The majority of teenagers had acne with moderate severity (38.9%) followed by mild acne (30%), severe acne (26.6%) and very severe acne (4.5%). The mean (CADI) score was (4 ± 2.3). More than half (56.7%) have mild disability on their quality of life, 30% have moderate disability while 13.3% have severe disability. About 40% of the teenagers reported a major concern about their skin appearance and 33.4% consider their acne a bad problem. Predictors of disability were use of cosmetic, family history, menstrual disturbance and dietary factors.Conclusions: Acne is a very common skin problem among teenagers with the majority having moderate severity with mild to moderate disability
Keywords
Keywords: Acne; Adolescents; Disability; quality of life
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