Observations by health care professionals about wound healing in Ghanaian patients who skin-bleach.

ABSTRACT: Skin-bleaching is a common practice globally and is associated with many cutaneous and systemic health risks. Anecdotally, skin-bleaching is linked to impairments in wound healing, but there are little data to support the claim. This cross-sectional survey of health care professionals serving the Greater Accra Region, Ghana region investigates their observations of wound healing in patients who skin-bleach and their methods for screening skin-bleach use in patients. A 25-item self-administered questionnaire using 5-point Likert scale was distributed with convenient sampling to physicians and nurses employed at Ghanaian hospitals. Fifty-seven electronic and 78 paper responses were collected (total = 135). Most respondents agreed that wounds in skin-bleaching patients heal more slowly (4.22)

SUBMITTER: La-Anyane OM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9705183 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature