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-Abstract
Background:Acne is one of the commonest chronic inflammatory dermatological disease among adolescents.
Aim of the Work: The aim of the study was to detect the prevalence of acne among pre adolescents in primary and preparatory schools in Damietta governorate Egypt.
Patients and Methods:This was a cross sectional study, that was conducted on 1624 pre adolescents in primary and preparatory schools in Damietta governorate.
Results:Age ranged from 8-13 years with mean value 11.44±1.680 years. Male cases were 781 [48.1%] while female cases were 843 [51.9%] and 251[65.8%] had mild acne grade, 122[31.9%] had moderate acne grade and 9[2.4%] had severe acne grade.
Conclusion: Acne is one amongst the most common skin disease and includes a great effect on quality of life among pre adolescents attending primary and preparatory schools in Damietta governorate, the prevalence of acne vulgaris among pre adolescents in primary and preparatory schools in Damietta governorate Egypt was 23.5%.
DOI
10.21608/ijma.2020.35569.1147
Keywords
Acne, prevalence, Preadolescents, Pediatrics, Female
Authors
First Name
Mohamed Samir Hassan
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Department of Dermatology, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Email
m.samirelawady@gmail.com
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-First Name
Hassan Abou Khodair
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-Affiliation
Department of Dermatology, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Email
drhassankhodair@gmail.com
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Ramadan Mohamed
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-Affiliation
Department of Dermatology, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Email
ramadandahshan@gmail.com
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Department of Public Health, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Email
draymanahmed@gmail.com
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https://ijma.journals.ekb.eg/article_107181.html
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Publication Title
International Journal of Medical Arts
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https://ijma.journals.ekb.eg/
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