Attitudes and Knowledge of Acne in Mexican Adolescents

Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Acne

Treatments: Behavioral: Survey

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01857960

AcKNOW

Details and patient eligibility

About

Acne is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects almost 100% of the teenagers worldwide. The peak incidence is between 12 and 18 years old, although it can be present in adults. There are many different beliefs about what can cause or exacerbate acne, and also about treatment.

In Mexico, 26.4% of the population is between 15 and 29 years old, which represents that more than 25% of the population is at risk for presenting acne. In our country, the different beliefs about the causes and treatment of acne among general adolescent population have not been explored. The objective of the present study is to determine the possible causes for which young Mexicans do not go to the dermatologist to receive treatment for acne. Our main hypothesis is that the lack of knowledge of the disease is responsible for this behavior.

Full description

Acne is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects almost 100% of the teenagers worldwide. The peak incidence is between 12 and 18 years old, although it can be present in adults. There are many different beliefs about what factors can cause or exacerbate acne, as well concerning treatments.

In Mexico, 26.4% of the population is between 15 and 29 years old, which represents that more than 25% of the population is at risk for presenting acne. In our country, there are diverse beliefs about the causes and treatment of acne among general adolescent population which have not been explored before. The objective of the present study is to determine possible causes that are involved in the low use of health system with the intention to receive treatment for acne. The investigators' main hypothesis is that the lack of knowledge of the disease is responsible for this behavior.

The investigators are going to explore health, educational, family and economic issues in the search of association by multivariate analysis.

Enrollment: 1,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Mexican subjects
• Age between 12 and 25 years
• Both genders
• Sign informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

1,000 participants in 1 patient group

Adolescents

Description:

Acne survey among Mexican adolescents

Treatment:

Behavioral: Survey