| Summary: | Background : Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic,
itchy, inflammatory skin disease occurs most commonly
during early infancy and childhood and has many kind of
manifestation. Many factors can lead to atopic
dermatitis. One of them is degradation of skin barrier
function and one of the parameter is the stratum
corneum hydration. So far, there is no research done to
know whether stratum corneum hydration on non lesional
skin area will affect the severity of atopic dermatitis
or not in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Objective : The objective of the study is to know the
correlation between stratum corneum hydration on non
lesional skin area measured by corneometer with
severity of atopic dermatitis measured by objective
SCORAD index.
Methodology : The method used in this study is analytic
cross sectional measuring stratum corneum hydration on
non lesional skin area using corneometer and severity
of atopic dermatitis using Objective SCORAD Index, the
result is measured using Spearman�s Rho correlation
test. The population that are used here are atopic
dermatitis patients who came to the Dermatology and
Venereology Policlinic in dr. Sardjito Hospital on
April-September 2012.
Result : Statistic test using Spearman�s Rho test
method shows that there is no correlation between
stratum corneum hydration on non lesional skin area
with the severity of atopic dermatitis.
Summary : There is no correlation between stratum
corneum hydration on non lesional skin area and
severity of atopic dermatitis.
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