Journal of Dermatitis

Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India

Publications

• Research Article   
  Cross-Sectional Study to Estimate the Prevalence of AD and Identify the Risk Factors Associated with its Development in the Rural Community of India
  Author(s): Purkshish Kaushal, Sanjeev Handa*, Rahul Mahajan, Dipankar De and Ravindra Khaiwal
  
  Introduction: Atopic Dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, inflammatory, relapsing dermatological disorder with onset at an early age. Objective: This study was done to estimate the prevalence of AD in a rural community setting in North Indian population using UK Working Party criteria for AD and to assess the association of risk factors with AD by comparing with a non-AD subgroup in the study population. Materials and methods: Consecutive patients with a diagnosis of AD (as assessed using Hanifin and Rajka criteria) were pooled out from 495 participating children from the Fatehgarh district of Punjab (30.6435°N, 76.3970°E). Various clinical and epidemiological features were considered and the significantly associated risk factors were evaluated by comparing the AD and non-AD subgroups. .. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2684-1436.21.6.134

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