Open AccessAtopic dermatitis in children and adolescents with obesity and overweight: clinical, anthropometric data, psycho-emotional status and predictors of effective treatment
Author(s) -
О. Б. Немчанинова,
M.Yu. Dolgikh,
Т. Б. Решетникова
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of siberian medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2542-1174
DOI - 10.31549/2542-1174-2021-2-4-14
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , atopic dermatitis , obesity , anthropometry , pediatrics , univariate analysis , multivariate analysis , dermatology
The results of a comprehensive analysis of clinical, anthropometric data and an assessment of the psycho-emotional status of 62 children and adolescents (mean age 11.8 ± 3.0 years) with atopic dermatitis and overweight or varying degrees of obesity (the main group) are presented. The control group included 60 patients (mean age 10.1 ± 3.6 years) with atopic dermatitis and body weight corresponding to age and gender standards. In the main group, 45.2% were children and adolescents with overweight, and with first-, second- and third-degree obesity were 25.8, 11.3 and 17.7% respectively. The severe course of dermatosis in the main group was recorded 1.4 times more often than in the control group. With the aid of univariate analysis of the treatment efficacy predictors, it was revealed that weight loss and improvement in psycho-emotional state can significantly increase the treatment efficacy of atopic dermatitis in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity, which indicates the advisability of interaction between a dermatologist, endocrinologist and psychotherapist in the treatment of this category of patients.