Quality of Life among School Adolescents with Acne
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Background: Acne is a skin disease commonly affecting adolescents and young adults and can have a lasting
impact on physical, mental as well as social health. The long-term consequence and severity of acne may also lead to reduce quality of life.
Objective: To study the quality of life among school adolescents affected with acne.
Method: A total of 183 students in grade 9 junior high school who were studying at Bansuan Jananusorn school during the academic year 2023 were included in this study. They were asked to complete a questionnaire
on Children’s Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) that was translated to Thai language.
Results: A total of 160 from 183 students were enrolled (87.4 %) in the survey, 80 were female and 80
were male. The average age was 14.4 years. The severity of acne among students that had mild form was 61.3%, while 36.2% had moderate acne and only 2.5% were reported to have severe acne. Despite most students being affected by only a mild form of acne, according to CDLQI, students reported having feelings of embarassment and lack of confidence as the leading cause of life dissatisfaction. Other students reported itching or pain of skin as the reasons for dissatisfaction. Furthermore, factors that reduce CDLQI were impact on treatment’s problem as well as limitation of going out or doing hobbies. Only 20.6% of students were not adversely
affected by acne at all while the majority of them reported that living with acne had a moderate impact
on their life (31.3%). The remaining students reported that acne had minor (30.6%), moderately severe
(13.1%) and severe (4.4%) impacts on their life. We found that increased levels of acne severity have a
statistically significant inverse correlation to students’ quality of life (p < 0.001) and positive correlation to lower quality of life (correlation coefficient 0.366, p < 0.001).
Conclusion: More severe acne has inverse correlation to good quality of life for adolescent students, however,
regardless of the level of severity students reported having feelings of embarassment and lack of confidence from acne.
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