Patient Perceptions About Nutrition And Skin Health In City Of Makkah

Abstract

Consequently, many clinical studies have linked nutrition with skin physiology. It is doubtful whether such individuals who consult doctors practicing dermatology are aware of such research findings and are uncertain of the reliable source of such information. We talked about the patient's view concerning diet and skin care, such as the factors they think had negative or positive effects on their skin and the types of information they accessed from where

Methods: A questionnaire was distributed among the enrolled participants, which was 409 total, from people in the city of Mecca. This survey gave their views on the role of nutrition. The responses were classified as diseases.

Results and discussion: Of the 409 respondents, nearly 83% believed that diet impacts the health of their skin. No case of agreement differed more likely between the respondents with healthy skin and those with general skin diseases (P = 0.34). The subjects reported that the information about skin diseases they found was more likely to have come from trustworthy sources, like medical professionals and scholarly literature (p=0.02). Furthermore, a P-value of .002 showed that people whose opinions differed from opinion leaders tended to satisfy their information needs from reliable sources. Nevertheless, this occurrence of P-value 0.046 indicates that the relation is getting weaker when blogging is online.

Conclusions: All healthcare professionals must be updated about the changing online resources as more patients are conversant with the Internet. With our research, dermatologists can give nutrition advice that will be helpful to their patients.