| Autor: |
Hatice Kaya Özden, Kamer Gündüz, Hamdi Özcan, Aysun Şikar Aktürk, Filiz Topaloğlu Demir, Tuğba Özkök Akbulut, Ayşe Serap Karadağ |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Turkish |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Turkderm Turkish Archives of Dermatology and Venereology, Vol 55, Iss 1, Pp 9-13 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2651-5164 |
| DOI: |
10.4274/turkderm.galenos.2020.45202 |
| Popis: |
Background and Design: To investigate the contribution of informative presentations about acne vulgaris and questionnaires administered before and after informative meetings on patients’ awareness and consciousness. Materials and Methods: Participants were asked to fill out a 20-question survey before and after informative seminars in hospitals and secondary and high schools as part of National Acne Week. The level of statistical significance was set as p≤0.05. Results: A total of 466 participants completed the survey before and after the seminar, and the mean age of the participants was 17.4±6.9. Before the seminar, 31.1% of participants thought that acne is originated from the liver, whereas this figure decreased to 16.7% after the seminar. In all, 47.6% of participants consulted doctors and 23.9% consulted social media to seek information about acne; however, after receiving training, 77% preferred to consult a doctor. Of the participants, 51.1% were expecting to see the results of acne treatment in 1 or 2 weeks, whereas 83.3% stated that the effects would be seen in 2 or 3 months after the seminar. When the participants’ educational background was grouped as “secondary-high school-other,” a statistically significant difference was obtained (p |
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