--- abstract: "There is paucity of reports in the demographic knowledge, belief and socio-psychological impact of acne vulgaris sufferers towards the disorder in a black population. This is the first study from Nigeria designed to address this issue. A total of 174 facial acne sufferers completed a self-administered questionnaire, which contained several items mentioning different areas in their belief, knowledge, perception, severity, socio-psychological impact and medication attention. The findings were discussed and compared to those of the Caucasians. The occurrence of the disorder was higher in females (65.0%) compared to the males (35.0%). About 54.0% of the female subjects indicated increase in severity of the disorder during their pre-menstrual period. Also 64.9% of acne sufferers indicated increase in severity during the rainy season, while 93.1% of the population implicated stress to perpetuate the severity of the disorder. Most (75.7%) of the acne sufferers believed that it is caused by oily diet, 40.8% thought that it is hereditary, while barely 5.2% had at sometime sought doctor's attention. Non- prescription products used by acne sufferers were cleansers and cream/lotions. Psychological abnormalities experienced by the sufferers included social inhibition, depression and anxiety. Pain and discomfort are the psychosomatic symptoms. No major differences were found in the beliefs, misconception and socio-psychological impact of acne sufferers in a black population (Nigeria) compared to the Caucasians. There is need to improve the understanding of the disorder in Nigeria through health education programmes." altloc: - http://www.ojhas.org/issue13/2005-1-3.htm chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - Ikaraoha CI - Taylor GOL - Anetor JI - Igwe CU - Ukaegbu QO - Nwobu GO - Mokogwu ATH creators_name: - family: Chidiebere given: Ikaraoha honourific: '' lineage: Ikechukwu - family: GO given: Taylor honourific: '' lineage: L - family: J given: Anetor honourific: '' lineage: I - family: Chidi given: Igwe honourific: '' lineage: Uzoma - family: Q given: Ukaegbu honourific: '' lineage: O - family: Gilbert given: Nwobu honourific: '' lineage: Obiora - family: Azukaego Thomas given: Mokogwu honourific: '' lineage: Hughs date: 2005-05 date_type: published datestamp: 2005-07-15 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/44/35 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: - Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya editors_name: - family: Kakkilaya given: Srinivas honourific: Dr lineage: Bevinje eprint_status: archive eprintid: 4435 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/4435/1/2005%2D1%2D3.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'Acne vulgaris, Beliefs, Nigeria, Perceptions, Severity' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:07 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 1 pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: Online Journal Of Health And Allied Sciences publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: | 1.Thiboutot DM. Acne: An overview of clinical research findings. Dermatol Clin. 1997; 15:97-109. 2.Fyrand O. Treatment of Acne. 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