<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . "Demographic Features, Beliefs And Socio–Psychological Impact Of Acne Vulgaris Among Its Sufferers In Two Towns In Nigeria"^^ . "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."^^ . "2005-05" . . "4" . "1" . . "Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya"^^ . . . "Online Journal Of Health And Allied Sciences"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Mokogwu"^^ . "Azukaego Thomas"^^ . "Mokogwu Azukaego Thomas"^^ . . "Ikaraoha"^^ . "Chidiebere"^^ . "Ikaraoha Chidiebere"^^ . . "Nwobu"^^ . "Gilbert"^^ . "Nwobu Gilbert"^^ . . "Taylor"^^ . "GO"^^ . "Taylor GO"^^ . . "Ukaegbu"^^ . "Q"^^ . "Ukaegbu Q"^^ . . "Anetor"^^ . "J"^^ . "Anetor J"^^ . . "Igwe"^^ . "Chidi"^^ . "Igwe Chidi"^^ . . "Srinivas"^^ . "Kakkilaya"^^ . "Srinivas Kakkilaya"^^ . . . . . . "Demographic Features, Beliefs And Socio–Psychological Impact Of Acne Vulgaris Among Its Sufferers In Two Towns In Nigeria (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . . . . "2005-1-3.pdf"^^ . . . "Demographic Features, Beliefs And Socio–Psychological Impact Of Acne Vulgaris Among Its Sufferers In Two Towns In Nigeria (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "Demographic Features, Beliefs And Socio–Psychological Impact Of Acne Vulgaris Among Its Sufferers In Two Towns In Nigeria (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #4435 \n\nDemographic Features, Beliefs And Socio–Psychological Impact Of Acne Vulgaris Among Its Sufferers In Two Towns In Nigeria\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences" . .