Relation of Sociodemographics and Personal Hygiene on Different Childhood Dermatoses

Abstract

BackgroundSkin diseases in children contribute to significant morbidity and psychological distress. Infective dermatoses are one of the major dermatoses in children. Low socioeconomic status, overcrowding and poor personal hygiene has been linked to skin diseases. ObjectiveTo find out the prevalence of infectious skin disease in children, rate of transmissible skin disease and association of sociodemographic factors and personal hygiene on infective childhood dermatoses. MethodThis was a cross-sectional study conducted in the Pediatric and Dermatology Department, Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal. A total of 226 patients were examined over a period of one year. Relation of sociodemographics, crowding and personal hygiene on skin disease were assessed. ResultThe most common category was Infections and Infestations (51.3%) followed by Dermatitis (27.9%) . Transmissible skin disease was seen in 49.6%. Low socioeconomic status and overcrowding were associated with increased risk for infective dermatoses. ConclusionSkin disease in children constitutes a public health problem. Improving the socioeconomic status and personal hygiene can help to reduce the incidence of skin disease in children.

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“…With regards to aetiologic categories of skin diseases, infective skin diseases were the predominant lesion encountered in this study. A similar finding has been reported in several other studies [10,[20][21][22]. It could be inferred that these infective skin diseases predominate in resource limited settings like ours because of the prevailing overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions that promote the breeding of pathogens implicated in the aetiology of these infective skin diseases.…”

Factors Associated with the Occurrence of Skin Diseases among Children Attending the Children’s Outpatient Clinic in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern Nigeria

“…This is because, these items can serve as fomites harboring and transmitting the micro-organisms responsible for these skin diseases from one person to another. Gauchan et al [9] reported a similar finding in a study done in Nepal. Our study may have been limited by the relatively short duration covered as a longer duration would have allowed for a larger sampling frame to be generated.…”

“…In a study done in Nepal, Gauchan et al [9], reported factors associated with skin diseases especially infections and infestations to include: low socio-economic status, overcrowding, sharing of common bath items and less frequent baths (<1 /week).…”

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