Prevalence of acne in students of eighth through eleventh of el retiro-antioquia and associated perceptions

Introduction: acne is a health problem with high frequency and serious psychosocial effects in adolescents. Objective: to analyze the prevalence of acne in students from eighth to eleventh of a Colombian municipality and its association with knowledge and practices related to the disease. Materials and Methods: cross-sectional study on 318 students at Retiro, Antioquia. The analysis was based on summary measures, frequencies, chi square test, odds ratios and multivariate binary logistic regression in SPSS 21. Results: the prevalence of acne was 67%, the main definition of acne was inflammation and the main cause the hormonal, the main factors that could cause acne alluded were fried consumption (80%), hygiene problems (59%), consumption of sweets or using makeup (58%), stress (39%) and lack of sleep (17%). 72% of students have used acne medications, only 16% have had consultation with a health professional and 55% reported decreased self-esteem by injuries. Statistical association was found in the prevalence of acne with knowledge on the etiology, low self-esteem and substance use treatment. Conclusion: this study shown a high prevalence of acne, being major in students with knowledge wrong, low consulting the medical and psychosocial impairment, this highlights the need to implement measures of attention, control, education and health promotion in higher-risk subgroups identified in this study. © iMedPub.

• Autores: Cardona Arias, Jaiberth Antonio; Álvarez Medina, María Camila; Martínez Valencia, Diana Marcela; Cruz Tobon, Ana Maria; Vallejo Patiño, María Manuela
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2014
• Institución: Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UCC
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.ucc.edu.co:20.500.12494/41235
• Acceso en línea: https://doi.org/10.3823/1214; https://www.revistaespacios.com/; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12494/41235
• Palabra clave: acne; adolescent; article; attitude to health; Colombia; cross-sectional study; eating habit; health promotion; human; inflammation; major clinical study; morbidity; personal hygiene; prevalence; quantitative analysis
• Rights: closedAccess
• License: http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cb