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Epidemiology of Acne Vulgaris: Prevalence, Severity and its Impact among School Teenagers in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

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Background: Acne vulgaris is one of the most prevalent chronic inflammatory dermatological problems among teenagers worldwide. It has a significant emotional and psychosocial impact on patient's quality of life. Acne vulgaris influence is found to be much higher in developing countries once compared to developed countries. Aim: to estimate the prevalence of acne vulgaris, severity, types and its influence on quality of life among Teenagers. Subjects and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted on 196 female teenagers aged between 13-19 years who were selected randomly. They were surveyed using a self- administered questionnaire followed by a physical examination by global acne grading (GAG) system. Cardiff Acne Disability Index (CADI) was employed to evaluate effect of acne on quality of life. Results:  The prevalence of acne vulgaris was (45.7%). The majority of teenagers had acne with moderate severity (38.9%) followed by mild acne (30%), severe acne (26.6%) and very severe acne (4.5%). The mean (CADI) score was (4 ± 2.3). More than half (56.7%) have mild disability on their quality of life, 30% have moderate disability while 13.3% have severe disability. About 40% of the teenagers reported a major concern about their skin appearance and 33.4% consider their acne a bad problem. Predictors of disability were use of cosmetic, family history, menstrual disturbance and dietary factors.Conclusions: Acne is a very common skin problem among teenagers with the majority having moderate severity with mild to moderate disability

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10.21608/efmj.2018.67775

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Keywords: Acne, Adolescents, Disability, quality of life

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Enas

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H. Alfalogy

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Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismalia, Egypt.

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enas_hamdy2007@yahoo.com

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Nahla

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H. Hariri

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Community Department, College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah,, Saudi Arabia.

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Ibtihal

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T. Yamani

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Medical student, College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah,, Saudi Arabia

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Wedyan

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H. Al-Mosa

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Medical student, College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah,, Saudi Arabia.

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Rawabi

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D. Majrashi

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Medical student, College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah,, Saudi Arabia.

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10203

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2018-01-01

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2018-01-08

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2018-01-01

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12

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2356-9581

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2356-959X

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The Egyptian Family Medicine Journal

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Epidemiology of Acne Vulgaris: Prevalence, Severity and its Impact among School Teenagers in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

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22 Jan 2023