Prevalence of atopic dermatitis among Libyan asthmatic children
Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common, chronic, relapsing, itchy, skin condition occurring in
patients with a personal or family history of atopy, and there is clinical association among different
allergic disease in a way that treating one of them will improve the other. Many studies worldwide
showed presence of AD in asthmatic children with different prevalence among countries and showed
clinical improvement in asthma control on treatment of atopic dermatitis. Therefore, this study was
conducted to assess the prevalence of atopic dermatitis among Libyan asthmatic children. Methods: This
is an observational cohort study on asthmatic Libyan children who were treated and followed up at
Tripoli children hospital in Tripoli, Libya. It carried out on 300 children suffering from asthma admitted
from pediatric outpatient department as well as from emergency department and asthma clinic over a
period of 24 months; from December 2017 to December 2019. The parents were asked to complete a
questionnaire to collect the needed information after their consent being taken. To assure the accuracy
and consistency of the methodology (sampling procedure, measurements, and a collection of the data), a
standardized protocol was prepared. Data were entered in SPSS statistical package and consequently
were analyzed and presented as descriptive statistics. Results: The prevalence of atopic dermatitis among
asthmatic Libyan children was 16.7% in our study. The results showed significant relationship between
address and prevalence of atopic dermatitis. Conclusion. Further studies are required to address the
ethnicity, environmental factors, skin type and others attributed to this problem and we recommend all
pediatricians to look for AD in asthmatic children and treat it accordingly arabic 7 English 56
Hisham Alrabty, Munera Addala(5-2020)
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