Impact of Acne on Quality of Life of Students at Sultan Qaboos University

Al-Shidhani, Asma; Al-Rashdi, Samia; Al-Habsi, Hamdan; Rizvi, Syed

doi:10.5001/omj.2015.08

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“…They think that gender doesn't effect acne quality of life [5]. However, Al-Shidhani, et al think that female patients are more negatively affected than males, as expected, according to their study [15]. The same results are seen in other studies [18][19][20][21].…”

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“…SOCQOL isn't enough alone for the effects of acne severity. According to Al-Shidhani, et al any increase in acne severity would lead to an increase in the negative effects on the patients' feelings, self-perception, and socialization as the lesions became more prominent and if scarring occurred [15]. Few studies reported a significant relationship between the severity of acne and its effect on the patient's QoL [16,17].…”

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Quality of Life in Patients with Mild or Moderate Acne Vulgaris

Çoban¹

2017

CDOAJ

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Acne vulgaris is a dermatological genetic-hormonal, chronic inflammatory illness, self-limited, in pilosebaceous locations, with formation of comedones, papules and cysts in which evolution to a greater inflammatory process is added, leading to formation of pustules and abscesses, with frequent cicatricial success, causing great psychological impact in patients affected by this disease. There are several acne-specific health related quality of life instruments; one of them is acne quality of life scale. There are a small number of studies about acne quality of life scale in literature. In our study, we aim to have a reliable scientific data about this subject and contribute to the literature. We used the first dimension of AQOLS for our study, social quality-quality of life. One hundred seventy-two patients were enrolled in this study. We have found correlation between female gender and SOCQOL. According to this result, we think that acne affects life quality of women more effective than men. We found a negative correlation between SOCQOL and age. When the age increases, SOCQOL decreases. We think about that so, when the patients get older, they get used to their acne lesions and SOCQOL scores decrease. There was correlation between pretreatment and SOCQOL. This means that life quality of a patient with acne decreases if the number of pretreatments increases.As the clinician determines the treatment, acne severity of the patient is important, but nowadays the defining of acne quality of life becomes more important for determining the method of the treatment. There are some tests for this.SOCQOL is the most useful test between them. We think that our study provides useful results for the literature.Additionally, we think a clinician shouldn't neglect the psychological statement of patients with acne as he/she determines the method of treatment.

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Quality of Life in Patients with Mild or Moderate Acne Vulgaris

Çoban¹

2017

CDOAJ

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“…To www.jmscr.igmpublication.org Impact Factor (SJIF): 6.379 Index Copernicus Value: 79.54 ISSN (e)-2347-176x ISSN (p) 2455-0450 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v6i10.104 measure the HRQoL in acne, a valid and reliable acne specific instrument such as Cardiff Acne Disability Index (CADI) is used. 4 HRQoL impairment of acne patients has been reported in studies from the United States 5 , Greece 6 , Oman 7 , Saudi Arabia 8 , Malaysia 9 , Ukraine 10 , Serbia 11 and Iran 12 . The new word "QUIMP" meaning "quality of life impairment" was recently proposed by Professor Finlay 13 ; and recommended by the "European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Task Forces on Quality of Life and Patient Oriented Outcomes" for routine clinical and research use.…”

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Quality of life of university students with acne

Singh¹

2018

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Background: The psychological consequences of having acne have often been underestimated. Assessment of the acne related quality of life can give us an accurate insight into how patients live with their acne. According to WHO, health care providers must incorporate quality of life issues in patient assessment. This study aims to assess the quality of life impairment due to acne among university students with acne. Materials and Methods: 900 university students were administered the acne specific quality of life questionnaire -the Cardiff acne disability index (CADI). A targeted history and examination was completed for those who reported acne. Age, gender and severity of acne were correlated with CADI scores. Results and Conclusion:Acne impacted the quality of life of university students with acne. Our study showed a significant association between severity of acne and quality of life impairment. Female students experienced a greater negative impact of acne. Physicians must consider the psychosocial burden of acne in addition to pharmacologic treatment. We recommend that quality of life issues must be evaluated in all patients with acne for patient centred comprehensive management.

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“…A research carried out in Saudi Arabia found an overall prevalence of 14.3% among female secondary school students [14]. Most of these studies have been conducted in secondary school or high school students, with very few conducted in college and university students [4,12,15]. Our study focused on finding the prevalence of acne in female medical college students.…”

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Prevalence and Psychological Impact of Acne Vulgaris in Female Undergraduate Medical Students of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan

Babar

Mobeen

2019

Cureus

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Background:Acne vulgaris is a common skin disease, affecting approximately 9.4% of the world’s population, with considerable effect on the quality of life. According to a previously conducted study, the prevalence rate of acne in Pakistan was found to be 5%. And to this date, no reliable data is available about the prevalence of acne in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.ObjectivesTo determine the prevalence of acne vulgaris and its psycho-social impact on female undergraduate medical students of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted during the month of August 2019 among female undergraduate medical students from three randomly selected medical colleges of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The diagnosed cases of acne vulgaris were assessed by using the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). The collected data were then analyzed using SPSS version 20 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, US).ResultsThe prevalence of acne vulgaris was found to be 14.47% in female undergraduate medical students of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Sixty percent (n=99) were found to have itchy sores and stinging skin, 66.7% (n=110) were embarrassed by their acne-prone skin, and the social activity of 60% (n=99) of the participants was affected by their active acne. Of the students, 73.9% were not affected by their acne while studying or working. Around 61.2% (n=101) complained that their acne treatment was a problem and hiding it took time or made a mess.Two percent showed a severe impact, with 14% having very large, 44% moderate, 30% low, and the remaining 10% with no effect of acne in their psychosocial functioning.ConclusionAcne vulgaris is a chronic skin disease that considerably affects the psychosocial functioning of female undergraduate medical students. A holistic approach in treating acne requires the participation of a dermatologist and mental health professional.

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Impact of Acne on Quality of Life of Students at Sultan Qaboos University

Abstract: This study showed that acne affects the quality of life of affected SQU students treated by primary care physicians at the Student Clinic. Therefore, physicians should take into account the effect of acne on the persons' quality of life when individualizing treatment.

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Quality of Life in Patients with Mild or Moderate Acne Vulgaris

Quality of Life in Patients with Mild or Moderate Acne Vulgaris

Quality of life of university students with acne

Prevalence and Psychological Impact of Acne Vulgaris in Female Undergraduate Medical Students of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan

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