Prevalence and Disability Induced by Acne Vulgaris among Adolescent Students at Secondary Schools in Assiut City

Abstract

Background: Acne vulgaris is one of the commonest skin disorders which dermatologists have to treat, mainly affect adolescents. It has been found to have a significant impact on their psychological status, The study aimed to identify the prevalence of acne vulgaris among adolescents students and the disability induced by acne vulgaris on them .Subjects and methods: descriptive research cross sectional design was used. It was conducted in four secondary schools at Assiut city .The total study sample was 1026 students which was selected randomly. The study included two tools: first tool was self-administered structure questionnaire, which included two parts, first part was some demographic data of studied students and the second part was about acne vulgaris. The second tool was Acne Disability Index. Results: It was found that 67% of the studied students were female and the mean age ±SD was 16.37 ±1.18. The prevalence of acne in studied students was 60.5%. Also, 63.3% of studied adolescent students had mild disability effect Conclusion: Acne vulgaris is more prevalent among studied students .There was statistically significant difference between Acne Disability Index and students' age and more than three fifths of studied adolescent students had mild disability effect from acne Recommendations: school health nurses should be attended the educational programs about acne because they are most contact and deal with the students.