Analysis of Current Status, Cognition and Influencing Factors for the Skin Problems of Teenager with Age Between 15 and 29 Years Old

Abstract

<i>Objective:</i> Skin problems made trouble for teenagers widely, thus, investigation of the current situation, existing problems, cognitive conditions and related factors for causing skin problems of teenagers, which could provide evidence for supporting of teenagers to face and treat skin problems correctly. <i>Methods:</i> A total of 243 valid questionnaires were collected from teenagers between 15- and 29-year-old, their skin problems, their treatment methods and results of skin problems, the cognition of skin problems and the factors which might affect the skin problems of teenagers were collected during May of 2021, and the data were analyzed here. <i>Results:</i> Acne, acne pits and acne scars and enlarged pores were the top three skin problems troubling the male adolescent population; blackheads, closed acne, and hair loss were the top three skin problems affecting female adolescent population. 71.19% of teenagers did not know the correct treatment strategy of teenager’s skin problems, around 61.73% skin problems of teenagers could not be effectively solved; 73.66% of teenagers believed that teenagers skin problems had the impact on their mood, and 54.73% of them deemed that adolescent skin problems had a negative impact on their daily life. Regression analysis suggested that sex and late fall asleep were two risk factors for causing severe pubertal skin problems (<I>P<0.05</I>), the risk factor index of female was 1.96 times higher than that of male, and time for delaying 1 hour after twenty-two clock which might increase around 89.8% pubertal skin problems. <i>Conclusion:</i> Teenagers skin problems were common but which were not paid enough attention to, most of the teenagers had few ways to get the scientific knowledge for dealing with teenager’s skin problems, thus, more scientific knowledge needed to be popularized to help teenager to face and deal with their skin problems properly in future.