HUBUNGAN JENIS KELAMIN, INDEKS MASSA TUBUH DAN PERAWATAN WAJAH DENGAN DERAJAT KEPARAHAN ACNE VULGARIS

  • Fanny Gomarjoyo Universitas Mulawarman
  • Agnes Kartini Universitas Mulawarman
  • M. Khairul Nuryanto Universitas Mulawarman
Keywords: Acne vulgaris, Body Mass Index and Facial Care

Abstract

Acne vulgaris is one of problem skin disease for adolescents and young adults. Acne vulgaris
(AV) is a chronic inflammation of pilosebasea follicles with multifactorial causes and has clinical
manifestations such as blackheads papules, pustules, nodules and cysts. Risk factor of acne vulgaris is
obesity. Obesity usually happens along with peripheral hyperandrogen and can increase sebum
production. Facial care consists of cleaning, moisturizer and sun protector and analyzed relation with
severity of acne vulgaris. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of gender, body
mass index and facial care to severity of acne vulgaris. This study was an observational analytic with
cross sectional method and the sampling was chosen by purposive sampling. The minimum sample size
was 59 subjects. Data from this study were obtained from measurement of body mass index and
diagnostic photos in acne prone subjects. The result of statistical tests showed that there was relationship
between sex with the severity of acne vulgaris with (p = 0.014) and severity of acne vulgaris having an
opportunity 6 times greater in males than females. Body mass index and facial care have no relation to
the severity of acne vulgaris.

Published
2019-08-20
How to Cite
Gomarjoyo, F., Kartini, A. and Nuryanto, M. K. (2019) “HUBUNGAN JENIS KELAMIN, INDEKS MASSA TUBUH DAN PERAWATAN WAJAH DENGAN DERAJAT KEPARAHAN ACNE VULGARIS”, Jurnal Kebidanan Mutiara Mahakam, 7(1), pp. 31-40. doi: 10.36998/jkmm.v7i1.39.
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