Prevalence and Quality of Life in Acne Vulgaris Patients Among Patients Attending Dermatology Clinic at Al-Hussien University Hospital

Elmosallamy, Mohamed Ahmed; Mohamed, Tahseen Samir; Amer, Mohamed; Mohamed, Ahmed Elsayed; Mohamed, Mohamed Abd Elaziz Mohamed

doi:10.21608/aimj.2025.446423

Prevalence and Quality of Life in Acne Vulgaris Patients Among Patients Attending Dermatology Clinic at Al-Hussien University Hospital

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine for Boys, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

² Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine for Boys, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

³ Occupational and Industrial Medicine, Faculty of Medicine for Boys, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

10.21608/aimj.2025.446423

Abstract

Background: Acne Vulgaris is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease, with a prevalence of about 65% among adolescents and adults. It is mostly characterized by comedones, papules, pustules, cysts and nodules.
Aim and objectives: To determine the prevalence of acne vulgaris in the studied group, to assess the possible risk factors related to acne vulgaris patients, and to assess the impact of acne vulgaris on quality of life.
Patients and methods: Two hundred individuals with dermatological issues who visited the dermatology clinic at Al-Hussien University Hospital participated in the current study. We divided the studied patients into 100-males and 100-females the sample collected randomly by stratified random sample.
Results: There was a significant positive correlation between total quality of life and skin lesions increasing with sweet food, while there was a significant negative correlation between total quality of life and family history of acne. There was no significant correlation between quality of life, age, sex, marital status, manipulation of skin lesion, premenstrual flare of skin lesion, skin lesion increasing with summer, skin lesion increasing with sun exposure and taking fast food.
Conclusion: Acne vulgaris has mild affection on quality of life, the majority of patients 32 (54.2%) have mild impairment of QOL, 23 patients (38.9%) have moderate impairment, while only 4 patients (6.8%) have severe impairment of QOL. The mean of QOL in the studied patients is 1.75 ± 3.07. Total quality of life is positively correlated with the severity of acne vulgaris.

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