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Prevalence and Self-Medication for Acne among Students of Health-Related Science Colleges at King Saud University in Riyadh Region Saudi Arabia

Background and Objectives: In Saudi Arabia, Acne vulgaris is a very predominant ailment among adolescents, especially female university students, and self-medication has become a trend to manage this condition. To determine the prevalence of Acne vulgaris among health care students and to access the...

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Autores principales: Alrabiah, Ziyad, Arafah, Azher, Rehman, Muneeb U., Babelghaith, Salmeen D., Syed, Wajid, Alrashidi, Fahad K., Aldajaani, Fahad F., Alsufayan, Musab A., Arifi, Mohamed N. Al
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9863386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36676676
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59010052
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author Alrabiah, Ziyad
Arafah, Azher
Rehman, Muneeb U.
Babelghaith, Salmeen D.
Syed, Wajid
Alrashidi, Fahad K.
Aldajaani, Fahad F.
Alsufayan, Musab A.
Arifi, Mohamed N. Al
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Arafah, Azher
Rehman, Muneeb U.
Babelghaith, Salmeen D.
Syed, Wajid
Alrashidi, Fahad K.
Aldajaani, Fahad F.
Alsufayan, Musab A.
Arifi, Mohamed N. Al
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description Background and Objectives: In Saudi Arabia, Acne vulgaris is a very predominant ailment among adolescents, especially female university students, and self-medication has become a trend to manage this condition. To determine the prevalence of Acne vulgaris among health care students and to access the scenario of its self-medication in light of students’ knowledge, attitude, and practice towards it. Materials and Methods: This was an observational study conducted at King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from January 2022 to March 2022. The study was undertaken using a pre-structured questionnaire. Results: A total of 550 university students were recruited and the incidence of acne was observed to be 78.5% (432 out of 550) with a female predominance. A total of 56.0% (244 of 432) students used self-medications for acne without a prescription and the most used prescription drugs were topical and oral antibiotics (38.1%), followed by Isotretinoin (22.55), and topical adaplene (20.9%). Female students (n = 181, 63.5%) were significantly more likely to self-medicate compared to male students (n = 63, 42.9%, p ≤ 0.001). Almost 60% of medical students had proper knowledge of medication for acne. Conclusion: Acne vulgaris is a highly prevalent condition among university students of Saudi Arabia and use of self-medication among acne sufferers is high. Education programs should be made to raise awareness about acne and its treatment.
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spelling pubmed-98633862023-01-22 Prevalence and Self-Medication for Acne among Students of Health-Related Science Colleges at King Saud University in Riyadh Region Saudi Arabia Alrabiah, Ziyad Arafah, Azher Rehman, Muneeb U. Babelghaith, Salmeen D. Syed, Wajid Alrashidi, Fahad K. Aldajaani, Fahad F. Alsufayan, Musab A. Arifi, Mohamed N. Al Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and Objectives: In Saudi Arabia, Acne vulgaris is a very predominant ailment among adolescents, especially female university students, and self-medication has become a trend to manage this condition. To determine the prevalence of Acne vulgaris among health care students and to access the scenario of its self-medication in light of students’ knowledge, attitude, and practice towards it. Materials and Methods: This was an observational study conducted at King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from January 2022 to March 2022. The study was undertaken using a pre-structured questionnaire. Results: A total of 550 university students were recruited and the incidence of acne was observed to be 78.5% (432 out of 550) with a female predominance. A total of 56.0% (244 of 432) students used self-medications for acne without a prescription and the most used prescription drugs were topical and oral antibiotics (38.1%), followed by Isotretinoin (22.55), and topical adaplene (20.9%). Female students (n = 181, 63.5%) were significantly more likely to self-medicate compared to male students (n = 63, 42.9%, p ≤ 0.001). Almost 60% of medical students had proper knowledge of medication for acne. Conclusion: Acne vulgaris is a highly prevalent condition among university students of Saudi Arabia and use of self-medication among acne sufferers is high. Education programs should be made to raise awareness about acne and its treatment. MDPI 2022-12-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9863386/ /pubmed/36676676 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59010052 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Alrabiah, Ziyad
Arafah, Azher
Rehman, Muneeb U.
Babelghaith, Salmeen D.
Syed, Wajid
Alrashidi, Fahad K.
Aldajaani, Fahad F.
Alsufayan, Musab A.
Arifi, Mohamed N. Al
Prevalence and Self-Medication for Acne among Students of Health-Related Science Colleges at King Saud University in Riyadh Region Saudi Arabia
title Prevalence and Self-Medication for Acne among Students of Health-Related Science Colleges at King Saud University in Riyadh Region Saudi Arabia
title_full Prevalence and Self-Medication for Acne among Students of Health-Related Science Colleges at King Saud University in Riyadh Region Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Prevalence and Self-Medication for Acne among Students of Health-Related Science Colleges at King Saud University in Riyadh Region Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and Self-Medication for Acne among Students of Health-Related Science Colleges at King Saud University in Riyadh Region Saudi Arabia
title_short Prevalence and Self-Medication for Acne among Students of Health-Related Science Colleges at King Saud University in Riyadh Region Saudi Arabia
title_sort prevalence and self-medication for acne among students of health-related science colleges at king saud university in riyadh region saudi arabia
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9863386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36676676
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59010052
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