Prevalence and associated factors of skin diseases in aged nursing home residents: a multicentre prevalence study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to measure the prevalence of skin diseases in aged nursing home residents and to explore possible associations with demographic and medical characteristics.

Design

Descriptive multicentre prevalence study.

Setting and participants

The study was conducted in a random sample of ten institutional long-term care facilities in the federal state of Berlin, Germany. In total, n=223 residents were included.

Results

In total, 60 dermatological diseases were diagnosed. The most frequently diagnosed skin disease was xerosis cutis (99.1%, 95% CI 97.7% to 100.0%) followed by tinea ungium (62.3%, 95% CI 56.0% to 69.1%) and seborrheic keratosis (56.5%, 95% CI 50.2% to 63.0%). Only few bivariate associations have been detected between skin

SUBMITTER: Hahnel E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623481 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature