Community attitude and practice towards skin disease prevention in a rural community in Busia County

Ogombo, Concilia Magaya; Wanzala, Maximilla; Were, Tom

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20211974

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“…Descriptive study was adopted in Busia County, Kenya revealed that 68.4% had a hostile perception regarding skin conditions, and 45.9% of respondents believed that they may impede social and recreational activities, (38.1%) agreed that they would be affected if their partner or close friends or relatives had skin disease (Ogombo et al, 2021). A prevalence study was directed in Petaling district, Malaysia established that utmost of the respondents stayed cognizant of the hazard in fluencies of skin infection, 84.9% respondents knew that sharing their belongings known to be a risk factor, The discoveries exhibited that skin infection was correlated with causing problem with friends, relatives and partner (p-value<0.05) (Balakrishnan et al, 2016).…”

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Assessment of public awareness towards skin disease in Jouf region, Saudi Arabia

Alshaalan¹,

Alruwaili²,

Altaymani³

et al. 2022

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Background: In spite of the fact that skin disease is common, to evaluate the public's overall understanding, awareness and knowledge of skin disorders in Saudi Arabia, just one research was carried out. Objective: This study aims to assess public awareness toward dermatologic disorders in Jouf region and to assess prevalence of common dermatologic disorders among Saudi populace.Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study conducted among Saudi general population in Jouf, Saudi Arabia. Adult participants completed a selfadministrated questionnaire to assess knowledge of skin diseases. All data was entered and analyzed using SPSS 23. P-value less than 0.05 were considered for statistical significance. Results: The study included 453 participants, 73.5% were women. As for age, 51.4% of participants were more than 25 years old. Only 1.8% of participants think that all skin diseases are chronic while 16.1% think not. 2.9% think that all skin diseases are infectious while 20.8% think not, 2.4% think that all skin diseases are hereditary while 24.5% think not. Regarding prevalence of dermatologic disorders in the study participants, in addition to having 20.8% acne vulgaris, 3.5% had warts and 3.1% had psoriasis. Freckles made up 19.9% of the population, vitiligo 2%, albinism 5.1%, and claret stain 4.9% of the skin pigmentations. Only 0.2% of people had scabies, 11.5% had dandruff, and 50.1% suffered hair loss. Conclusion:The findings of the current study indicate that Saudi citizens generally have little understanding about prevalent dermatologic illnesses.

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