Mahmoud, A., Hamed, A., Hegazy, E., Sadek, E. (2019). Prevalence rate, risk factors of acne vulgaris and its impact on the quality of life among teen-agers in Qena city, Upper Egypt. test, 2(1), 10-18. doi: 10.21608/svuijm.2019.120930
Ahmed M. Mahmoud; Ahmed F. Hamed; Eisa M. Hegazy; Eslam A. Sadek. "Prevalence rate, risk factors of acne vulgaris and its impact on the quality of life among teen-agers in Qena city, Upper Egypt". test, 2, 1, 2019, 10-18. doi: 10.21608/svuijm.2019.120930
Mahmoud, A., Hamed, A., Hegazy, E., Sadek, E. (2019). 'Prevalence rate, risk factors of acne vulgaris and its impact on the quality of life among teen-agers in Qena city, Upper Egypt', test, 2(1), pp. 10-18. doi: 10.21608/svuijm.2019.120930
Mahmoud, A., Hamed, A., Hegazy, E., Sadek, E. Prevalence rate, risk factors of acne vulgaris and its impact on the quality of life among teen-agers in Qena city, Upper Egypt. test, 2019; 2(1): 10-18. doi: 10.21608/svuijm.2019.120930

Prevalence rate, risk factors of acne vulgaris and its impact on the quality of life among teen-agers in Qena city, Upper Egypt

SVU-International Journal of Medical Sciences
Article 3, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2019, Pages 10-18    PDF (307.49 K)
Document Type: Original research articles
DOI: 10.21608/svuijm.2019.120930
Authors
Ahmed M. Mahmoud1; Ahmed F. Hamed2; Eisa M. Hegazy3; Eslam A. Sadek4
1Department of public health and community medicine, Faculty of medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
2Department of public health and community medicine,Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
3Department of Dermatology, Andrology and Vernology, Faculty of medicine ,South Valley University, Qena, Egypt
4Department of public health and community medicine, Faculty of medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
Abstract
Objectives: determine the prevalence of acne vulgaris among teen-agers in Qena city, determine the
risk factors of acne vulgaris, and determine the effect of acne vulgaris on the quality of life among
teen-agers in Qena city.
Patient and methods: The study includes 200 students in Qena secondary schools, the students
were asked to fill in 2 questionnaires, the first include personal date and the other include is CADI.
Results: the prevalence of acne vulgaris in Qena secondary school students was 58, acne vulgaris
was more prevalent in males (53.5%) than females (46.5%). In addition, We found 5 risk factors
associated with AV, the most contributing risk factor for AV of these 5 risk factors was stress (AOR
= 18.85, 95% CI 6.313-56.281), regular eating of spicy food (AOR = 13.364, 95% CI 4.525-39.465)
and the least contributing risk factor was eating fast food. In our study CADI score was significantly
related to the disease grade, being maximum among those with severe grade, followed by moderate
and lastly mild disease grade.
Conclusion: Acne vulgaris is prevalent among Qena teen-agers, stress and dietary factors are
important risk factors of acne, CADI score was significantly related to the disease grade.
Keywords
acne vulgaris; teen-ageers; Qenacity; prevalence; CADI
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