Attitudes and Knowledge of Acne in Mexican Adolescents

Acne Clinical Trial

Official title:

Survey About Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Acne in Mexican Adolescents

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01857960
• Other study ID #: AcKNOW
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 16, 2013
• Last updated: December 1, 2014
• Start date: May 2012
• Est. completion date: March 2015

Study information

• Verified date: December 2014
• Source: Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí
• Contact: Juan P Castanedo-Cazares, MD, MSc
• Phone: 4448342795
• Email: castanju[@]yahoo.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Mexico: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Acne is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects almost 100% of the teenagers worldwide. The peak incidence is between 12 and 18 years old, although it can be present in adults. There are many different beliefs about what can cause or exacerbate acne, and also about treatment.

In Mexico, 26.4% of the population is between 15 and 29 years old, which represents that more than 25% of the population is at risk for presenting acne. In our country, the different beliefs about the causes and treatment of acne among general adolescent population have not been explored. The objective of the present study is to determine the possible causes for which young Mexicans do not go to the dermatologist to receive treatment for acne. Our main hypothesis is that the lack of knowledge of the disease is responsible for this behavior.

Description:

Acne is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects almost 100% of the teenagers worldwide. The peak incidence is between 12 and 18 years old, although it can be present in adults. There are many different beliefs about what factors can cause or exacerbate acne, as well concerning treatments.

In Mexico, 26.4% of the population is between 15 and 29 years old, which represents that more than 25% of the population is at risk for presenting acne. In our country, there are diverse beliefs about the causes and treatment of acne among general adolescent population which have not been explored before. The objective of the present study is to determine possible causes that are involved in the low use of health system with the intention to receive treatment for acne. The investigators' main hypothesis is that the lack of knowledge of the disease is responsible for this behavior.

The investigators are going to explore health, educational, family and economic issues in the search of association by multivariate analysis.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 1000
• Est. completion date: March 2015
• Est. primary completion date: January 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 12 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Mexican subjects

• Age between 12 and 25 years

• Both genders

• Sign informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acne

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Survey
A survey is directly applied to subjects who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Mexico	Hospital Central Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto	San Luis Potosi	SLP

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí	Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto"

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Mexico, 

References & Publications (3)

Al Robaee AA. Prevalence, knowledge, beliefs and psychosocial impact of acne in University students in Central Saudi Arabia. Saudi Med J. 2005 Dec;26(12):1958-61. — View Citation

Cheng CE, Irwin B, Mauriello D, Liang L, Pappert A, Kimball AB. Self-reported acne severity, treatment, and belief patterns across multiple racial and ethnic groups in adolescent students. Pediatr Dermatol. 2010 Sep-Oct;27(5):446-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2010.01286.x. Epub 2010 Aug 26. — View Citation

Smithard A, Glazebrook C, Williams HC. Acne prevalence, knowledge about acne and psychological morbidity in mid-adolescence: a community-based study. Br J Dermatol. 2001 Aug;145(2):274-9. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Cause for not receiving medical treatment	To determine the possible causes for which an adolescent does not look for medical treatment for acne	Up to 1 year	No
Secondary	Description of knowledge about acne	To describe the knowledge that young subjects have regarding the causes of acne	Up to 1 year	No
Secondary	Treatments for acne used by teenagers	To describe the most used treatments for acne among teenagers	Up to 1 year	No
Secondary	Professional indicated to treat acne	To know which professionals (health-care related or not) are considered appropriate by teenagers to treat acne	Up to 1 year	No