Abstract
Skin lesions in school children: A survey from schools in an urban area of south India - IJCED- Print ISSN No: - 2581-4710 Online ISSN No:- 2581-4729 Article DOI No:- 10.18231/j.ijced.2019.047, IP Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dermatology-IP Indian J Clin Exp Dermatol
Highlights
IntroductionWhere community based surveys are much difficult to carry out, school surveys are helpful as they are easy and less time consuming
Two hundred and eighty four (53.2%) students belonged to primary school ( 5-10yrs) and 250(46.8%) students belonged to middle and high school [11- 16] yrs
There was no significant difference in the prevalence of dermatoses among boys vs girls and primary school vs middle and high school students
Summary
Where community based surveys are much difficult to carry out, school surveys are helpful as they are easy and less time consuming. School surveys are more helpful than community based surveys as they are easy, less time consuming and children are available under the single roof. This study was done to find the prevalence and pattern of dermatoses in school children at Tumkur Materials and Methods: Five hundred and thirty four students were screened in two different schools at Tumkur over a period of two months during November and December 2018. 2 While the community based surveys are difficult and times not possible, school surveys are easy, less time consuming and a large number of children of a particular age group can be screened for the presence of d ermatoses.
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