청소년 여드름의 특성에 관한 연구

Study on Characteristics of Adolescent acne

  A survey to examine the acne distribution by each grade and to find out the ages of initial generation of acne was conducted to the 937 students of primarry, middle and high schools in seoul and Gyeonggi province. The study attempted to figure out the characteristics of youths＇ acne, and examine the degree of students＇common sence towards youths＇ acne. The results are as follows: The average rate of the acne generation between 12-19 age-old youths among the subjects was 74.52％. Among them, the average rate of acne generation of male students was 72％, and the acne generation rate constantly increased between 12-19 age-old students. On the other hand, the average acne generation of female students was 80.16％ and the acne generation rate constantly increased between 12-17, and then gradually decreased between 18-19. The result of examining the ages of the initial acne generation shows that the age of 14.41 was for the male students, whereas the age of 13.45 was for female students. This indicates that the age of the initial acne generation for the female students was earlier than that for the male students. To measure the degree of youths＇ common sense towards youths＇ acne, a survey was conducted with nine questions. The results show that the average degree of their common sense, which was the correct answer rate, was 53.91％. The group of no acne and the group with acne showed 52.41％ and 55.40％, respectively. This indicates that the group of no acne had higher degree of common sense than the group with acne. The result of comparing the degrees of common sense of primary, middle and high school students shows that the common sense degree of primary students was highest, and then gradually decreased. As the degree of common sense about youths＇ acne was around 50％, the education on acne needs to be more extensive and intensive, based on these study results, focusing on the worsening factors of acne, and with the subject targets of youths. In addition, there seems to be a need to study the prevention and caring methods for youths＇pimples in the future.