Trend and prevalence of skin disorders among Saudi population in different regions of Saudi Arabia

Objective: The present study aims at understanding and examining the trends of skin problems among Saudi residents in a cross-secitional qualitative study. Methodology: The study was a cross-sectional study carried out among the adult population in Saudi Arabia from all five regions of Saudi Arabia. Data were collected through closed-ended questionnaires recruited through online means and respondents only participating in the study out of their own will. The main data collection tool was a closed-ended questionnaire that captured sociodemographic factors and the disorders experienced by the study respondents. Analysis was carried out using SPSS version 22. Results: A sample of 1349 respondents was drawn where 751 of the respondents were aged between 18 and 35, which represented the majority of the respondents (55.7%). 77% of the respondents were females, while the rest were males. The proportion of respondents with acne significantly varied across gender p<.001, which was also the case with eczema. 17.6% of the respondents had some kind of skin problem where the acne was the most prevalent skin problem 32.4%. Conclusion: While skin disease may have been found to significantly differ between men and women in previous studies, in the present study, only acne and eczema significantly differed. The most suffered skin problem across Saudi Arabia is acne.