TY - JOUR AU - Gupta, Harshal AU - Agrawal, Vishal PY - 2019/08/09 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Dermatological manifestations and medico-social correlates among intellectually disabled students in Central India JF - Asian Journal of Medical Sciences JA - Asian J Med Sci VL - 10 IS - 5 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.3126/ajms.v10i5.24770 UR - https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/AJMS/article/view/24770 SP - 27-32 AB - <p><strong>Background:&nbsp;</strong>People with intellectual disabilities (PwID) are particularly more vulnerable to dermatological manifestations due to their associated disabilities and hygiene negligence.</p><p><strong>Aims and Objective:</strong> To estimate the prevalence and pattern of skin diseases considering various medico-social correlates among PwID in two districts of Central India. To apply multinomial logistic regression analysis to examine the medico-social factors associated with no, one and more than one dermatological manifestations.</p><p><strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> A total of 204 PwID receiving rehabilitation services under a NGO serving two districts were examined for dermatological manifestations and various medico-social factors were studied. Descriptive analysis like chi-square and multinomial logistic regression analysis (MLR) was performed.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> We found that 87.25% of study participants had one or more dermatological manifestations {infectious (64.7%) and non-infectious (84.3%)}. Among the various medico-social variables studied, socio-economic status, education of parents and associated co-morbidities were independently associated with increase in frequency of skin disorders. MLR analysis showed that Illiteracy of parents, lower socio-economic status and associated co-morbidities in PwID had higher odds of developing one and more than one dermatological manifestations when compared to literate and high income families and PwID with no associated co-morbidities.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> This study delineates the importance of additional attempts to be made by dermatologist while dealing with PwID while considering carefully their associated co-morbidities and various social factors. Strict hygiene measures, periodic skin examination and health education of persons caring for students with disabilities are recommended.</p> ER -