Characteristics of children including findings of skin conditions and recent illness (within the past 2 weeks)
| Rantau Bahru n=144 | Sering n=166 | Pelalawan n=125 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Percentages may add up to more than 100 because some children had more than one disorder; †localised dermatitis includes any excoriated erythematous rash involving less than 1% body surface and only involved a specific part of the body; ‡not localised dermatitis includes skin lesions that presented as excoriated erythematous rash found on body, face, arms or legs and not localised to a specific part of the body; §other skin conditions include lichen simplex chronicus, haematoma after trauma, hypopigmentation, furunculosis, varicella zoster, blister afer burn, and birthmark. | |||
| Family size (mean (SD)) | 2.7 (1.9) | 2.9 (2.2) | 2.9 (1.9) |
| Age (mean (SD)) | 5.68 (3.34) | 5.83 (3.44) | 5.71 (3.19) |
| Sex (n (%)*): | |||
| Men | 76 (52.8) | 85 (51.2) | 58 (46.4) |
| Women | 68 (47.2) | 81 (48.8) | 67 (53.6) |
| Skin conditions: | |||
| Normal | 114 (79.2) | 104 (62.7) | 107 (85.6) |
| Dermatitis (n (%)*): | |||
| Localised† | 1 (0.7) | 5 (3.0) | 0 |
| Not localised‡ | 4 (2.8) | 3 (1.8) | 2 (1.6) |
| Total | 5 (3.5) | 8 (7.4) | 2 (1.6) |
| Other skin conditions (n (%)*): | |||
| Lice | 0 | 15 (9.0) | 0 |
| Scabies | 0 | 1 (0.6) | 0 |
| Insect bites | 5 (3.5) | 17 (10.2) | 6 (4.8) |
| Fungal infection | 5 (3.5) | 18 (10.8) | 8 (6.4) |
| Heat rash | 11 (7.6) | 18 (10.8) | 1 (0.8) |
| Warts | 1 (0.7) | 5 (3.0) | 0 |
| Old healed scar | 4 (2.8) | 8 (4.8) | 1 (0.8) |
| Other skin conditions§ | 3 (2.1) | 3 (1.8) | 1 (0.8) |
| Recent illness (n (%)*): | |||
| Diarrhoea | 24 (16.7) | 34 (20.5) | 10 (8.0) |
| Cough or cold | 46 (31.9) | 52 (31.3) | 28 (22.4) |
| Fever | 51 (35.4) | 33 (19.9) | 26 (20.8) |
| Pass out worms | 5 (3.5) | 12 (7.2) | 3 (2.4) |
| Any recent illness (n (%)*) | 74 (51.4) | 84 (50.6) | 42 (33.6) |