Clinical Study on Dermatologic Disease of the Elderly / 대한피부과학회지
Korean Journal of Dermatology
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: 818-823, 2006.
Artigo
em Coreano
| WPRIM
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
With the advance of socioeconomy and medical sciences, geriatric health care has become a world wide concern and disease of the skin is no exception.OBJECTIVE:
The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiology, past history and the prevalence of various skin disorders of the elderly.METHODS:
In this trial, a total of 1082 new patients older than 65 years, who visited the Department of Dermatology, Kyungpook National University Hospital in Daegu, Korea in the last 3 years (2002~2004), were selected. The data was studied on the basis of a retrospective survey of hospital records.RESULTS:
Of total patients who were seen at the dermatologic outpatient department, 10.1% were 65 years and older. The male to female ratio was 1 to 1.01. The patients between 65 and 74 years old compromised the majority (72.8%), and the patients older than 85 years old were 4.1%. They visited hospital most frequently in summer. Of the common complaints recorded, pruritic rash was the most frequent. The commonly diagnosed disorders were herpes zoster followed by senile pruritus, tinea/onychomycosis, and seborrheic dermatitis in decreasing order. The most common dermatologic disease was hespes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia for all three age groups 65~74 years old, 75~84 years old, and over 85 years old. A total of 901 patients, which constituted 83.3% of the total patients, had at least more than one underlying disease, of which cardiovascular disease was the most common.CONCLUSION:
This study is expected to be of help to understand the characteristics and the distribution of dermatologic diseases in the elderly.
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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
Pacientes Ambulatoriais
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Prurido
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Pele
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Doenças Cardiovasculares
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Registros Hospitalares
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Epidemiologia
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Prevalência
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Estudos Retrospectivos
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Dermatite Seborreica
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Atenção à Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
Limite:
Idoso
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Aged80
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Korean Journal of Dermatology
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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