Frequency of Skin Diseases and its Associated Factors Among Patients Visiting a Dermatology Clinic
Objective: To determine the frequency of skin diseases and its associated factors among patients visiting a dermatology clinic in Karachi. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out from December 2018 to May 2019 at Baqai Institute of Health sciences, Baqai Medical University, Karachi. Availa...
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KARACHI MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE
2020-09-01
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| author | Sabika Jaffer Syed Muhammad Zulfiqar Hyder Naqvi Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Hydrie Syed Imtiaz Ahmed Jafry Iraj Jaffer Mudassir Hussain |
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Objective: To determine the frequency of skin diseases and its associated factors among patients visiting a dermatology clinic in Karachi.
Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out from December 2018 to May 2019 at Baqai Institute of Health sciences, Baqai Medical University, Karachi. Available relevant data of all patients visiting a selected dermatology clinic in Karachi for a period of two years, from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2018, were retrospectively gathered and recorded on the study questionnaire by the principal investigator. Statistical package for social sciences version 19.0 was used for analysis. Chi-square test was applied to check associations between the independent variables and the study outcome whereas the significance level was set at 0.05. The duration of the study was six months.
Results: The study findings revealed that the highest frequency of skin diseases among the patients was of psoriasis (25.3%), followed by dermatitis (23.3%), scabies (14.1%), fungal infection (11.9%), acne (9.0%), folliculitis (4.4%), atopic dermatitis (4.1%), keloid (3.2%), warts (2.8%) and vitiligo (1.9%). Moreover, 51.2% of the patients came in the summer season. The study results also showed that season was found to be significantly associated with the diagnosis of the patients both among patients aged 25-49 years (p<0.001) and patients aged 50 years and above (p=0.002).
Conclusion: The most commonly presented skin diseases in descending order of frequency were psoriasis, dermatitis, scabies, fungal infections, and acne. Moreover, the season was found to be significantly associated with the diagnosis of the patients in two of the study age groups. Due efforts by all stakeholders such as imparting health education to the general public, increasing their awareness regarding the modes of transmission of common skin diseases, promoting healthy skin habits and improvement in practices of environmental sanitation are recommended.
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| spelling | doaj.art-e5191f276fda406fb6199454e3bd4e262024-01-06T06:14:42ZengKARACHI MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGEAnnals of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical & Dental College1563-32412020-09-0125210.58397/ashkmdc.v25i2.322233Frequency of Skin Diseases and its Associated Factors Among Patients Visiting a Dermatology ClinicSabika Jaffer0Syed Muhammad Zulfiqar Hyder Naqvi1Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Hydrie2Syed Imtiaz Ahmed Jafry3Iraj Jaffer4Mudassir Hussain5Baqai Institute of Health SciencesDepartment of Community Medicine, Baqai Medical UniversityDepartment of Community Medicine, Baqai Medical UniversityDepartment of Community Medicine, Baqai Medical UniversitySina FoundationDepartment of Community Dentistry, Karachi Medical and Dental College Objective: To determine the frequency of skin diseases and its associated factors among patients visiting a dermatology clinic in Karachi. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out from December 2018 to May 2019 at Baqai Institute of Health sciences, Baqai Medical University, Karachi. Available relevant data of all patients visiting a selected dermatology clinic in Karachi for a period of two years, from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2018, were retrospectively gathered and recorded on the study questionnaire by the principal investigator. Statistical package for social sciences version 19.0 was used for analysis. Chi-square test was applied to check associations between the independent variables and the study outcome whereas the significance level was set at 0.05. The duration of the study was six months. Results: The study findings revealed that the highest frequency of skin diseases among the patients was of psoriasis (25.3%), followed by dermatitis (23.3%), scabies (14.1%), fungal infection (11.9%), acne (9.0%), folliculitis (4.4%), atopic dermatitis (4.1%), keloid (3.2%), warts (2.8%) and vitiligo (1.9%). Moreover, 51.2% of the patients came in the summer season. The study results also showed that season was found to be significantly associated with the diagnosis of the patients both among patients aged 25-49 years (p<0.001) and patients aged 50 years and above (p=0.002). Conclusion: The most commonly presented skin diseases in descending order of frequency were psoriasis, dermatitis, scabies, fungal infections, and acne. Moreover, the season was found to be significantly associated with the diagnosis of the patients in two of the study age groups. Due efforts by all stakeholders such as imparting health education to the general public, increasing their awareness regarding the modes of transmission of common skin diseases, promoting healthy skin habits and improvement in practices of environmental sanitation are recommended. https://www.annals-ashkmdc.org/index.php/ashkmdc/article/view/322Skin diseaserisk factorpatientsdermatology |
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| title | Frequency of Skin Diseases and its Associated Factors Among Patients Visiting a Dermatology Clinic |
| title_full | Frequency of Skin Diseases and its Associated Factors Among Patients Visiting a Dermatology Clinic |
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| title_short | Frequency of Skin Diseases and its Associated Factors Among Patients Visiting a Dermatology Clinic |
| title_sort | frequency of skin diseases and its associated factors among patients visiting a dermatology clinic |
| topic | Skin disease risk factor patients dermatology |
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