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Revista Archivo Médico de Camagüey
On-line version ISSN 1025-0255
Abstract
GONZALES-LASTRES, Tania et al. Dermatological diseases prevalence in school of the Popular Council Pesquera. AMC [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.1, pp. 19-27. ISSN 1025-0255.
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.
Keywords : SKIN DISEASES; PYODERMA/epidemiology; LICE INFESTATIONS/epidemiology; CHILD; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES.