Prevalence of different skin conditions in an outpatients’ setting in north‐western Nigeria

Onayemi, O.; Isezuo, SA; Njoku, C.O.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02298.x

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“…In a Yemeni study [31], the leading group of diseases was dermatitis and eczematous disorders, followed by infections and infestations (including cutaneous leishmaniasis and mycetoma), and acne and acneiform disorders. In a Nigerian study [32], infectious and parasitic diseases accounted for 44.4% of cases, eczema, acne, papulosquamous, and pigmentary skin disorders were observed in 14.1%, 7.0%, 64%, and 6.0% of cases respectively. In a study in Pakistan [33], infectious skin diseases were the commonest (60%).…”

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Pattern of dermatoses in Iraqi children

Al‐Mendalawi¹,

Ibrahim²

2012

East Mediterr Health J

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The prevalence of paediatric dermatoses has risen in Iraq from 33.5% in 1987 to 40.9% in 2010. The objective of this study was to document the pattern of dermatoses in Iraqi children attending the outpatient clinic of a teaching hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 663 children under the age of 12 years who attended for dermatological consultation during 2008. The study showed that the prevailing dermatoses were as follow: infectious (32.3%), eczematous (20.8%), pigmentary (17.8%), papulosquamous (14.2%), drug-induced (4.5%), nutritional deficiency (1.8%) and miscellaneous (8.6%). The studied patterns of dermatoses were similar to that reported in other developing countries.

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Pattern of dermatoses in Iraqi children

Al‐Mendalawi¹,

Ibrahim²

2012

East Mediterr Health J

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“…For example in Sokoto, Nigeria, scabies was 1.4%, while in a nearby village was 16% (24). Mycobacterial diseases (leprosy only) had less frequent rate (0.11% of the total).…”

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Trends in the pattern of skin diseases in the last four decades at Assiut University Hospital - Upper Egypt

Hofny¹

2015

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SummaryThe pattern of skin diseases represents an index for community development and quality of provided health care, and it is important to build community-directed health care strategies. This study aimed to describe the current pattern of skin diseases and to assess the change in the pattern of dermatological diseases for patients attending Assiut University Hospital by comparing the study findings with the results of a similar previous study conducted in the period 1969-1973. The study was a retrospective hospital-based study. Medical records of the patients presented with any skin disorders were reviewed and the diagnosis was classified according to International Classification of Diseases ICD (10th version 2010). Results. A total of 57,884 patients were registered during the period 2008-2012 compared to 50,000 patients in the period 1969-1973. Our study demonstrated that the rate of the infectious skin diseases represents a respectable portion (37.9%) but, in the previous study it was 50.8% (p<0.001). However, viral infections were increasing from 4.5 to 18.7%. Generally, non-infectious skin diseases showed higher percentages in the present study than the previous study (62 vs 49.2%). The rate of dermatitis was increasing from 15.6% in the year 1976 to 24.5% in year 2012 particularly contact dermatitis. Conclusion. There is a trend of increasing non-infectious skin diseases particularly contact dermatitis. On the other hand infectious skin diseases still occupied major portion particularly viral infections. Further studies on the trend of skin diseases in the community are needed.KEY WORDS: trend; skin diseases pattern.

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“…[19][20][21] Community-based studies in Nigeria have reported prevalence rates of skin diseases (or dermatophytoses alone) between 10% and 64%. 1,13,[22][23][24][25][26][27] The most common skin condition was fungal infections, especially tinea capitis among school-age children, especially boys, accounting for 43% of the skin diseases in the community. 1,13,22,23,25 Other common skin conditions were impetigo, 13,24 scabies, miliaria, pyoderma, 13 and tribal marks.…”

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First-line health care provider performance in the management of common skin diseases using an algorithmic approach as a diagnostic tool in Kano State, Nigeria

Taal¹,

Post²,

Hussaini³

et al. 2015

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Skin diseases are common worldwide, though prevalence rates in rural areas are difficult to estimate, and are primarily based on hospital studies rather than community-based studies. Primary health care providers in rural areas often lack sufficient knowledge about skin diseases, which contributes to poor skin management and subsequently causes considerable morbidity. This study looked at the performance of first-line health care providers in the management of common skin disease, using an algorithmic approach with a flowchart with diagnostic steps. As a reference standard, two dermatologists independently validated the diagnoses and treatment choices made by the providers. The performance of the algorithm was calculated in terms of the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value for each skin disease of the algorithm. A total of 19 patent medicine vendors and 12 traditional healers from Kano State in Nigeria diagnosed 4,147 patients with suspected skin symptoms. The most common skin disease was tinea capitis (59.2%), and it was found predominantly among boys below 15 years of age. Together, patent medicine vendors and traditional healers had 82% of the cases correctly diagnosed, and in 82% they prescribed the correct treatment. The sensitivities varied for each skin disease from 94.8% for tinea capitis to 7.1% for contact dermatitis. The specificities varied between 87.0% and 98.6%. Except for tinea capitis, lower PPVs were found for the various skin diseases when compared to earlier studies. In spite of the observed low sensitivities and low PPVs for several diseases, the algorithm seems to offer an improvement in management of common skin diseases at the peripheral level. With adaptations in training, further refinement of the algorithm and refresher training, predictive values and sensitivities can be increased.

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Prevalence of different skin conditions in an outpatients’ setting in north‐western Nigeria

Cited by 62 publications

References 16 publications

Pattern of dermatoses in Iraqi children

Pattern of dermatoses in Iraqi children

Trends in the pattern of skin diseases in the last four decades at Assiut University Hospital - Upper Egypt

First-line health care provider performance in the management of common skin diseases using an algorithmic approach as a diagnostic tool in Kano State, Nigeria

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