PREVALENCE OF ECZEMA AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS AMONG SAUDI POPULATION: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Objective: To determine the Prevalence and risk factors of eczema patients among the population in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Methods: This research will employ a cross-sectional study design. This design is suitable for investigating the prevalence of eczema and identifying associated risk factors within the Saudi population.

Results: The study included 612 participants. The most frequent gender among them was Female (n= 444, 72.5%) followed by Male (n= 168, 27.5%). The most frequent age among study participants was 18-28 years old (n= 322, 52.6%) followed by 29-39 years old (n= 138, 22.5%). Participants were asked if they have eczema now. There 82 had eczema (13.4%), and 530 participants didn’t have eczema (86.6%).  Nature of the weather in the area where the participants live among the study with most of them having dry weather (n= 337, 55.1%) followed by humid weather (n= 275, 44.9%).

Conclusion: Study results showed that most of the study participants are Female according to their gender. The most common of the participants were don’t have eczema. Most of them live in dry weather. In addition, most of study participants had good social connections.