Prevalence of skin diseases in Ibadan, Nigeria

Ogunbiyi, Adebola; Daramola, O O M; Alese, Olatunji O.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.01967.x

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“…Lower rates of leprosy were reported: Tunisia (0.004%) (21), Cairo (0.08%) (14), Kaduna (Nigeria) (0.1%) (8) and Bandar Abbas (Iran) (0.3%) (25). Higher rate of leprosy (1.2%) was reported in Ibadan (Nigeria) (26). Also, in Assiut, a rate of 5.14% was reported by Abdel-Rehim et al (16).…”

Section: Infective Skin Diseasesmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…In Nigeria (Ibadan) a rate of 30.2% was observed (26). It was the second common group in Iran (24.5%) (25).…”

Section: Non-infective Skin Diseasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Vitiligo was the communest disease in the group with a rate of 2.79%. Variable rates of vitiligo were reported: Egypt (3.81%) (16), Yemen (4%) (36), Ibadan (Nigeria) (4.7%) (26) and Saudi Arabia (Al-Khobar) (5%) (18). In this study psoriasis was 2.07%, which occupied a midpoint among percentages in other studies, Tunisia (3.4%) (21) and Saudi Arabia (Hail) (3.55%) (19).…”

Section: Non-infective Skin Diseasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Trends in the pattern of skin diseases in the last four decades at Assiut University Hospital - Upper Egypt

Hofny¹

2015

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SummaryThe pattern of skin diseases represents an index for community development and quality of provided health care, and it is important to build community-directed health care strategies. This study aimed to describe the current pattern of skin diseases and to assess the change in the pattern of dermatological diseases for patients attending Assiut University Hospital by comparing the study findings with the results of a similar previous study conducted in the period 1969-1973. The study was a retrospective hospital-based study. Medical records of the patients presented with any skin disorders were reviewed and the diagnosis was classified according to International Classification of Diseases ICD (10th version 2010). Results. A total of 57,884 patients were registered during the period 2008-2012 compared to 50,000 patients in the period 1969-1973. Our study demonstrated that the rate of the infectious skin diseases represents a respectable portion (37.9%) but, in the previous study it was 50.8% (p<0.001). However, viral infections were increasing from 4.5 to 18.7%. Generally, non-infectious skin diseases showed higher percentages in the present study than the previous study (62 vs 49.2%). The rate of dermatitis was increasing from 15.6% in the year 1976 to 24.5% in year 2012 particularly contact dermatitis. Conclusion. There is a trend of increasing non-infectious skin diseases particularly contact dermatitis. On the other hand infectious skin diseases still occupied major portion particularly viral infections. Further studies on the trend of skin diseases in the community are needed.KEY WORDS: trend; skin diseases pattern.

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Section: Infective Skin Diseasesmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…In Nigeria (Ibadan) a rate of 30.2% was observed (26). It was the second common group in Iran (24.5%) (25).…”

Section: Non-infective Skin Diseasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Non-infective Skin Diseasesmentioning

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Trends in the pattern of skin diseases in the last four decades at Assiut University Hospital - Upper Egypt

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2015

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“…[19][20][21] Community-based studies in Nigeria have reported prevalence rates of skin diseases (or dermatophytoses alone) between 10% and 64%. 1,13,[22][23][24][25][26][27] The most common skin condition was fungal infections, especially tinea capitis among school-age children, especially boys, accounting for 43% of the skin diseases in the community.…”

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First-line health care provider performance in the management of common skin diseases using an algorithmic approach as a diagnostic tool in Kano State, Nigeria

Taal¹,

Post²,

Hussaini³

et al. 2015

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Skin diseases are common worldwide, though prevalence rates in rural areas are difficult to estimate, and are primarily based on hospital studies rather than community-based studies. Primary health care providers in rural areas often lack sufficient knowledge about skin diseases, which contributes to poor skin management and subsequently causes considerable morbidity. This study looked at the performance of first-line health care providers in the management of common skin disease, using an algorithmic approach with a flowchart with diagnostic steps. As a reference standard, two dermatologists independently validated the diagnoses and treatment choices made by the providers. The performance of the algorithm was calculated in terms of the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value for each skin disease of the algorithm. A total of 19 patent medicine vendors and 12 traditional healers from Kano State in Nigeria diagnosed 4,147 patients with suspected skin symptoms. The most common skin disease was tinea capitis (59.2%), and it was found predominantly among boys below 15 years of age. Together, patent medicine vendors and traditional healers had 82% of the cases correctly diagnosed, and in 82% they prescribed the correct treatment. The sensitivities varied for each skin disease from 94.8% for tinea capitis to 7.1% for contact dermatitis. The specificities varied between 87.0% and 98.6%. Except for tinea capitis, lower PPVs were found for the various skin diseases when compared to earlier studies. In spite of the observed low sensitivities and low PPVs for several diseases, the algorithm seems to offer an improvement in management of common skin diseases at the peripheral level. With adaptations in training, further refinement of the algorithm and refresher training, predictive values and sensitivities can be increased.

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“…Since these patterns can vary from one country to another and even within a single city, as they suffer influences of genetic, racial, nutritional, cultural, climatic, social and economic factors, there is a need for local studies. 10 The frequency of diseases in a region may be determined by large-scale population surveys, but these are difficult to conduct because they are timeconsuming and expensive. 11 Studies in ambulatory and hospital services, despite not reflecting the exact situation of a disease in the community, provide indicators of the magnitude of the problem and can be used to develop strategies for its control.…”

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confidence: 99%

Perfil nosológico de centro de referência em dermatologia no estado do Amazonas - Brasil

Raposo

Schettini

Sardinha

et al. 2011

An. Bras. Dermatol.

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Prevalence of skin diseases in Ibadan, Nigeria

Cited by 88 publications

References 25 publications

Trends in the pattern of skin diseases in the last four decades at Assiut University Hospital - Upper Egypt

Trends in the pattern of skin diseases in the last four decades at Assiut University Hospital - Upper Egypt

First-line health care provider performance in the management of common skin diseases using an algorithmic approach as a diagnostic tool in Kano State, Nigeria

Perfil nosológico de centro de referência em dermatologia no estado do Amazonas - Brasil

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