{"title":"Pacific people living in New Zealand are most commonly referred with eczema to dermatologists.","authors":"Miriam Karalus, Amanda Oakley","doi":"10.26635/6965.6643","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There is a lack of literature concerning dermatological conditions affecting patients of Pacific ethnicity.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To investigate dermatological conditions in patients of Pacific ethnicity referred to dermatology from 2016 to 2022.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Single-centre study of electronic referrals to dermatology from January 2016 to May 2022.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Pacific ethnicity was recorded for 1.7% of 30,769 referrals to dermatology, under-representing census data for the local population (5.4%). Dermatological diagnoses were eczema in 36% of patients, benign skin lesions in 11% and skin infection in 8.3%.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Eczema was the most common reason for referral to dermatology in patients of Pacific ethnicity in the Waikato Region.</p>","PeriodicalId":48086,"journal":{"name":"NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL JOURNAL","volume":"137 1602","pages":"150-154"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL JOURNAL","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.26635/6965.6643","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: There is a lack of literature concerning dermatological conditions affecting patients of Pacific ethnicity.
Aim: To investigate dermatological conditions in patients of Pacific ethnicity referred to dermatology from 2016 to 2022.
Methods: Single-centre study of electronic referrals to dermatology from January 2016 to May 2022.
Results: Pacific ethnicity was recorded for 1.7% of 30,769 referrals to dermatology, under-representing census data for the local population (5.4%). Dermatological diagnoses were eczema in 36% of patients, benign skin lesions in 11% and skin infection in 8.3%.
Conclusion: Eczema was the most common reason for referral to dermatology in patients of Pacific ethnicity in the Waikato Region.
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