| Yazarlar (4) |
Kevser Atalık
Istanbul Okan University, Türkiye |
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Mine Çevik
Avicenna Hospital, Türkiye |
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Ayşe Demet Kaya
Istanbul Okan University, Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Ülken Tunga BABAOĞLU
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
| Özet |
| Introduction: Annually, scabies affects more than 400 million people worldwide and is an important public health problem. This study investigated the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with scabies at a major dermatologic clinic in Turkiye in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.Methodology: A retrospective evaluation was performed on outpatients diagnosed with scabies between 2014 and 2022. Statistical analyses were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 22.0.Results: In total, 759 of the 48,381 patients (1.6%) who visited the dermatology outpatient clinic were diagnosed with scabies. The incidence rate of scabies was 0.5–0.9% before the pandemic, which increased to 3.1–4.4% in 2020–2022. Cases were more common in October–December (36.5%), and 57.9% of patients were 18–44 years old. Those aged 1–6 years showed an increased rate of scabies from 3% to 7.8% during the pandemic. There was no significant difference according to gender or nationality. All patients complained of itching, and 35% had a history of contact with individuals who were diagnosed with scabies. The recurrence rate was 27.3%. Lesions of 73.1% of patients showed a generalized distribution, as well as local lesions on the hands (7.9%), genital area (6.4%), trunk (4.0%), arms (3.0%), legs (2.8%), feet (1.6%), and head (1.2%).Conclusions: The results emphasize that scabies can develop regardless of age, gender, and ethnicity, and periods such as pandemics may delay diagnosis and treatment, leading to a higher occurrence of the disease. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| COVID-19 | pandemic | Scabies |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries |
| Dergi ISSN | 1972-2680 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
| Dergi Grubu | Q4 |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 09-2025 |
| Cilt No | 19 |
| Sayı | 9 |
| Sayfalar | 1308 / 1313 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.3855/jidc.20659 |
| Makale Linki | https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.20659 |
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