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Prevalence of Acne among Preadolescent School Students in Damietta Governorate

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Dermatology

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

Last Name

Elawady

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Department of Dermatology, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

Email

m.samirelawady@gmail.com

City

Damietta

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First Name

Hassan Abou Khodair

Last Name

Mohamed

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Affiliation

Department of Dermatology, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

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drhassankhodair@gmail.com

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First Name

Ramadan Mohamed

Last Name

El-Dahshan

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Affiliation

Department of Dermatology, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

Email

ramadandahshan@gmail.com

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First Name

Ayman Ahmed

Last Name

Mahmmoud

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Affiliation

Department of Public Health, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

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draymanahmed@gmail.com

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2

Article Issue

4

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17986

Issue Date

2020-10-01

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2020-07-14

Publish Date

2020-10-01

Page Start

779

Page End

785

Print ISSN

2636-4174

Online ISSN

2682-3780

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IJMA_Volume 2_Issue 4_Pages 779-785.pdf

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International Journal of Medical Arts

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Prevalence of Acne among Preadolescent School Students in Damietta Governorate

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22 Jan 2023