Coping with acne: beliefs and perceptions in a sample of secondary school Greek pupils
Coping with acne: beliefs and perceptions in a sample of secondary school Greek pupils
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.02091.x
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发表时间：
2007-07-01
影响因子：
9.2
通讯作者：
Katsambas, A.
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作者：
Rigopoulos, D.;Gregoriou, S.;Katsambas, A.
背景：在医学文献中，对青少年痤疮的了解只有偶尔的报道。目的了解希腊高中生痤疮的成因、加重因素、信息来源及其对其日常生活和学习成绩的影响。患者与方法雅典四所高中的347名学生（13-18岁）完成了一份自我报告问卷。结果自报痤疮者占59.2%（187/316）。最受欢迎的信息来源是父母（31.6%）、皮肤科医生（26.7%）、杂志和电视（17.5%）、药剂师（16.2%）、朋友（5.3%）、美容师（1.6%）和其他医生（1.1%）。52%的人认为收到的资料不充分。报告的导致或加重痤疮的因素包括：饮食（62.3%）、激素（55.1%）、卫生不良（42.4%）、压力（31.9%）、感染（14.9%）和遗传（5.7%）。报告的改善因素包括经常洗澡（80.7%）、日光浴（38.6%）和充足的睡眠时间（32%）。这些观念在是否有痤疮的学生和接受不同来源信息的学生之间没有差异（P < 0.05）。吸烟习惯、学习成绩、睡眠时间、睡眠障碍和自我评估的压力状态在有痤疮和没有痤疮的学生之间没有统计学上的显著差异。有痤疮的学生中，48.6%的人认为痤疮会影响人际关系，64.4%的人认为痤疮会影响自我形象。15%的青少年报告瘙痒与他们的痤疮病变有关。结论希腊青少年对痤疮的认知与其他发达国家的青少年相似。
Background Information on the understanding of acne in adolescents has only occasionally been reported in the medical literature.Objective To evaluate the perceptions of Greek high school students regarding acne causation, exacerbating factors, sources of information, and effect on their daily life and school performance.Patients and methods Three-hundred and forty-seven students (aged 13-18) of four Athenian high schools completed a self-reported questionnaire.Results Self-reported acne was present in 59.2% (187/316). Popular sources of information were parents (31.6%), dermatologists (26.7%), magazines and television (17.5%), pharmacists (16.2%), friends (5.3%), beauticians (1.6%) and other doctors (1.1%). Fifty-two per cent considered the information received as inadequate. Reported causal or exacerbating acne factors included: diet (62.3%), hormones (55.1%), poor hygiene (42.4%), stress (31.9%), infection (14.9%) and genetics (5.7%). Reported ameliorating factors included frequent washing (80.7%), sunbathing (38.6%) and adequate hours of sleep (32%). These notions did not differ among pupils with and without acne or among pupils receiving information from different sources (P < 0.05 in all comparisons). Smoking habits, school performance, hours of sleep, sleep disturbances and self-assessment of stress status were not statistically significantly different between pupils with and without acne. Among pupils with acne 48.6% believed that acne was compromising interpersonal relations while 64.4% believed that acne was compromising their self-image. Fifteen per cent of adolescents reported pruritus associated with their acne lesions.Conclusion Beliefs of Greek adolescents about acne were shown to be similar to those of pupils in other developed countries.