The burden of skin diseases in India: Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

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dc.contributor.authorKavitaen_US
dc.contributor.authorThakur, J. S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNarang, Tarunen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-10T07:30:55Z
dc.date.available2023-08-10T07:30:55Z
dc.date.issued2023-06
dc.description.abstractBackground: The prevalence of skin diseases has increased over the last few decades, and they contribute to a significant burden on health-care systems across the world. Aims/Objective: This report looks at the burden of skin and subcutaneous diseases in terms of years lived with disability and age-standardised years lived with disability in India using the Global Burden of Disease Study results from 2017. Methods: Data were obtained from the Global Burden of Disease online interactive tool. Updated estimates of the world’s health for 359 diseases and injuries and 84 risk factors from 1990 to 2017 are available in this interactive tool. Results: Years lived with disability due to skin and subcutaneous diseases accounted for 4.02% of the total years lived with disability in India in 2017. There was an increase of 53.7% in all age standardised years lived with disability for all the skin and subcutaneous diseases from 1990 to 2017. Among skin and subcutaneous diseases, dermatitis contributed maximum years lived with disability (1.40 million; 95% uncertainty interval, 0.82–2.21) in 2017, followed by urticaria (1.02 million; 95% uncertainty interval, 0.06–1.44) with percentage increases of 48.9% and 45.7% respectively. Conclusion: The burden due to infectious skin diseases (e.g., scabies, fungal skin disease and bacterial skin disease) and non-infectious diseases (e.g., dermatitis, urticaria and psoriasis) has increased over the past three decades, however the age-standardised years lived with disability for leprosy, scabies, fungal infections, sexually transmitted infections and non-melanoma skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma) has decreased. The high burden of skin and subcutaneous diseases demand that they be given due importance in the national programmes and health policy of India.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsNational Institute of Nursing Educationen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine and School of Public Healthen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationKavitaen_US
dc.identifier.citationThakur, J. S.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNarang, Tarun. The burden of skin diseases in India: Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology. 2023 Jun; 89(3): 421-425en_US
dc.identifier.issn0973-3922
dc.identifier.issn0378-6323
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/223142
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherScientific Scholaren_US
dc.relation.issuenumber3en_US
dc.relation.volume89en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.25259/IJDVL_978_20en_US
dc.subjectGlobal Burden of Diseaseen_US
dc.subjectskin and subcutaneous diseasesen_US
dc.subjectyears lived with disabilityen_US
dc.subjectprevalence and incidence of skin diseasesen_US
dc.titleThe burden of skin diseases in India: Global Burden of Disease Study 2017en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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