Acne among Patients Visiting Outpatient Department of Dermatology Centres
INTRODUCTION: Acne vulgaris is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease affecting the pilosebaceous unit. The clinical manifestations of acne include the development of comedones, papules, and pustules. Although generally considered benign, acne can have psychological impacts and cause disfiguring...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:10579762 2023-11-12T04:25:48+01:00 Acne among Patients Visiting Outpatient Department of Dermatology Centres Dhakal, Bikrant Basnet, Rabin Shrestha, Bibeka Yadav, Birendra Kumar Khatiwada, Bidur Goit, Raman Neupane, Dinesh Kharal, Krishna 2023-10 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10579762/ https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.8312 en eng Journal of the Nepal Medical Association http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10579762/ http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.8312 © The Author(s) 2018. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc Original Article Text 2023 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.8312 2023-10-22T00:52:11Z INTRODUCTION: Acne vulgaris is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease affecting the pilosebaceous unit. The clinical manifestations of acne include the development of comedones, papules, and pustules. Although generally considered benign, acne can have psychological impacts and cause disfiguring scars. The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of acne among patients visiting outpatient department of dermatology centres. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among patients visiting tertiary care skin centres from 15 June 2023 to 15 August 2023. The ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Committee. The severity of acne severity and scarring was determined. A convenience sampling method was used. The point estimate was calculated at a 95% Confidence Interval. RESULTS: Among 2036 patients, acne was found in 386 (18.96%) (17.26-20.66, 95% Confidence Interval). The majority of participants have acne scar grade 2 (65.20%). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of acne was found to be higher than other studies done in similar settings. Text SCAR PubMed Central (PMC) Journal of Nepal Medical Association 61 266 811 813 |
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INTRODUCTION: Acne vulgaris is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease affecting the pilosebaceous unit. The clinical manifestations of acne include the development of comedones, papules, and pustules. Although generally considered benign, acne can have psychological impacts and cause disfiguring scars. The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of acne among patients visiting outpatient department of dermatology centres. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among patients visiting tertiary care skin centres from 15 June 2023 to 15 August 2023. The ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Committee. The severity of acne severity and scarring was determined. A convenience sampling method was used. The point estimate was calculated at a 95% Confidence Interval. RESULTS: Among 2036 patients, acne was found in 386 (18.96%) (17.26-20.66, 95% Confidence Interval). The majority of participants have acne scar grade 2 (65.20%). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of acne was found to be higher than other studies done in similar settings. |
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Acne among Patients Visiting Outpatient Department of Dermatology Centres |
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