Beliefs and perceptions of patients with acne

Tan, Jerry; Vasey, Kirsten; Fung, Karen Y.

doi:10.1067/mjd.2001.111340

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“…A questionnaire, adapted from Tan et al ., 14 was administered during school time to a group of students, selected by the simple random sampling technique (see Appendix for questionnaire).…”

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Acne vulgaris in Nigerian adolescents – prevalence, severity, beliefs, perceptions, and practices

Yahya

2009

Int J Dermatology

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Background Community-based studies of acne vulgaris conducted in many parts of the world show that it is very common in adolescents but little is known from Africa. MethodsIn a cross-sectional study, 539 randomly selected students aged 11-19 years in a secondary school in Kaduna, Nigeria were administered a questionnaire to assess self-report of acne, its severity and impact; beliefs and perceptions of causes, and treatments used. 418 students were later examined to detect and grade acne severity.Results 274 (50.8%) were male while 265 (49.2%) were female. Mean age for respondents was 16 years. 320 students (59.4%) self-reported acne. Of 418 students examined, 379 had acne giving a prevalence of 90.7%. There was no significant gender difference in prevalence at all ages of adolescence. Prevalence of acne increased with age (76.7% at age 10-13 years;88.2% at age 14-16 years; 97.1% at age 17-19 years). 353 of 379 (93.1%) had mild acne while 26 of 379 (6.9%) had moderate acne. The severity of acne was similar in boys and girls. 47.7% of students reported feeling "very sad/unhappy" about their acne although in more than 70% of those who self-reported, this did not interfere with relationship with family, friends or school work. Diet was the commonest factor believed to cause acne. Cleansing agents were the most commonly used treatments.Conclusions Acne vulgaris is very common in Nigerian adolescents, although it is mild acne in most.

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Acne vulgaris in Nigerian adolescents – prevalence, severity, beliefs, perceptions, and practices

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2009

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“…Similar finding (38%) was reported by Tan JK but CM Tahirand Uslu G found only 12% and 10 % of their study subjects relating acne to inheritance. 14,12,15 It has been suggested that chronic stress might be a possible cause of increased androgen secretion in some of the women, resulting in the pathogenesis of acne in such patients. 16 Several such reports have been published regarding the association of increased level of cortisol and emotional stress.…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards acne vulgaris among acne patients

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Background: Acne is a chronic inflammatory disease known to occur in adolescent age group. There are many myths and misconceptions in patients as well as health physicians regarding the causes and treatment of acne. Objective of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice towards acne vulgaris among acne patients attending skin outpatient department in a private medical college.Methods: This is a cross sectional, questionnaire based study conducted between January - April 2016. 100 patients having acne lesions were included in the study.Results: Majority of the study subjects belonged to the age group 15-24. The study showed that 72% had good knowledge. More than half of the study subjects had wrong belief that eating oily foods, chocolates, spicy food caused acne but more than 40% of the study subjects had good knowledge about the causes and aggravating factors like it worsens by squeezing/picking/rubbing (83%), commonly found in oily skin (67%), has seasonal occurrence (54%), associated with premenstrual flare (42%), aggravated with use of cosmetics (41%). Conclusions: The acne patients had poor practice and unfavorable attitude in spite of good knowledge. Many myths exist among patients. Despite being so common and very well responsive to treatment, it is a major cause of depression among patients.

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“…Des cellules nerveuses situées près de la glande sébacée peuvent produire une substance, dite substance P, libérée sous l'effet du stress qui peut stimuler la production de sébum [9]. Tan et al [13] ont rapporté que 71% de leurs patients considéraient le stress comme un facteur important dans la survenue de l'acné. Une explication possible est la sécrétion d'androgène surrénale pendant les périodes de stress et les effets subséquents sur l'hyperactivité sébacée.…”

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Acne: prevalence, perceptions and beliefs among pupils and students in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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Ouedraogo²,

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Introduction: Acne, is a common disease. Its prevalence is 80% among adolescents in the world and 57,1% in Ouagadougou in 2001 among school pupils. The medical literature is provided on the epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic aspects of acne, and less on perceptions and knowledge of acne patients of their disease. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, knowledge, beliefs on acne, among pupils and students in Ouagadougou. Patients and Methods:We conducted a cross-sectional study from June to July 2014 in the University of Ouagadougou and in 4 secondary schools in Ouagadougou. Results: We surveyed 425personnes including 40.6% of girls and 59.4% boys. The prevalence of acne was 54.8%. The mean age was 19.53 years, with extremes ranging from 13 to 30 years. Among the etiologies, food was cited by 40.05%, 25.43% puberty, cosmetics 14.03% 3.21% hormones, stress 2.33%, 0.87% seborrhea. Among the foods concerned, peanuts were cited by 37.96%, 21.22% mayonnaise, butter, 21.52%, 8.07% sweets and chocolate 9,41%. oil was incriminated by 72.6% and sugar 5.5%. Among the contributing factors, 19.70% cited tobacco, 19% no sexual relationship. Among the 192 non acne patients, 17% link acne to poor hygiene, 80% would be embarrassed to have a partner acne, 74.40% of non-acne believed that acne altered self-image. For treating acne 26.11% think that acne is incurable. Cosmetic can care acné according to 37,90% and 6,30% believed that natural products are sufficient. Only 15.02% have resorted to a dermatologist. Conclusion: Pupils and students have bad knowledge on acne and bad perception on those who have the disease.

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Beliefs and perceptions of patients with acne

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Acne vulgaris in Nigerian adolescents – prevalence, severity, beliefs, perceptions, and practices

Acne vulgaris in Nigerian adolescents – prevalence, severity, beliefs, perceptions, and practices

Knowledge, attitude and practice towards acne vulgaris among acne patients

Acne: prevalence, perceptions and beliefs among pupils and students in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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