Dermatological diseases prevalence in school of the Popular Council Pesquera

Autor: Tania Gonzáles-Lastres, Alian Ernesto Gárces-García, Pedro Rafael Casado-Méndez, Rafael Salvador Santos-Fonseca, Irene Luisa del Castillo-Remón, Danis Jiménez-Almaguer
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Archivo Médico de Camagüey, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 19-27 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1025-0255
Popis: Background: the dermatological diseases, in the pediatric age, have a high impact in the patients' quality of life and emotional health. Objective: to establish the dermatological diseases prevalence in school patients of the Popular Council Pesquera. Methods: a longitudinal, observational and descriptive study with a universe of 366 students, of 5 to 9 years of age, residents in the Popular Council Pesquera. The following was carried out in the primary school of the council and in the Dermatology municipal consultation during the 2016-2017 academic year. Results: the 38.80% of the patients presented, at least, a dermatological diseases and of them 53.01% had an infectious-contagious base. The pediculosis capitis constituted 15.84 % of the total of dermatological diseases followed by the pyoderma (14.21 %). Conclusions: the dermatological diseases affect a third of the school population of the Popular Council Pesquera being those of infectious-contagious origin those of more prevalence. DeCS: SKIN DISEASES; PYODERMA/epidemiology; LICE INFESTATIONS/epidemiology; CHILD; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES.
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