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Prevalence and psychological impact of Acne vulgaris among female secondary school students in Arar city, Saudi Arabia, in 2018.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Understanding the impact of acne vulgaris and associated psychological distress on self-esteem and quality of life via regression modeling with CADI, DLQI, and WHOQoL.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Effects of acne severity and acne-related quality of life on depressive symptoms among adolescents and young adults: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- The management of acne vulgaris in young people in primary care: A retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- A Systematic Review of Chronic Diseases and Their Prevalence Among the Population of Northern Borders Province (NBP) in Saudi Arabia.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Review
- Prevalence and quality of life of facial acne: a cross-sectional study in high school students in Poland.Postepy dermatologii i alergologii · 2022Article
- Knowledge on the Use of Isotretinoin and Its Side Effects and Awareness towards Saudi FDA-Pregnancy Prevention Program among the Female Acne Patients: A Northern Saudi Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Psychological Impact of Acne Vulgaris Among Young Females in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2022Article
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- Assessment of Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Acne Vulgaris in Medina: A Case-Control Study.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAcne vulgaris is a common heath problem affecting adolescents with considerable impact on their quality of life.
objectiveTo determine the prevalence of Acne vulgaris and its psychological impact among female secondary school students.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted during the period from January to March 2018, among all female secondary school students in 3 randomly selected schools, in Arar city (Saudi Arabia). The participants were clinically examined by a dermatologist to identify acne cases. Dermatological quality of life of acne cases were assessed using an Arabic version of Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). Data collected were analyzed by IBM-SPSS version 20, using Chi-square, Fisher's Exact test, Mann-Whitney U, and Kruskal Wallis test. P-value ≤0.05 was considered statically significant.
resultsThe overall prevalence of Acne vulgaris was 14.3%. It was not significantly affected by age, marital status or nationality of participants. Post inflammatory hyper-pigmentation and scarring were detected in 11.6% and 8.7% respectively. Twenty nine percent of the cases had no impact; 56.3% had small to moderate impact and 14.5% had large effect. The psychological impact was significantly increased with increased severity, presence of acne lesions on face and other sites, presence of hyper pigmentation and scarring (p=0.001).
conclusionAcne vulgaris had large impact on quality of life in 14.5% of cases. Students should be counseled and educated on how to deal with this dermatological problem.
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