Observations by health care professionals about wound healing in Ghanaian patients who skin-bleach
dc.contributor.author | La-Anyane, Okensama M | |
dc.contributor.author | Feinn, Richard S | |
dc.contributor.author | Hill, David J | |
dc.contributor.author | Copes, Lynn | |
dc.contributor.author | Kwakye, Gifty | |
dc.contributor.author | Seshie, Bernard K | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-12-05T16:40:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-01-05 11:40:01 | en |
dc.date.available | 2022-12-05T16:40:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-12 | |
dc.identifier.citation | La-Anyane, Okensama M ; Feinn, Richard S; Hill, David J; Copes, Lynn; Kwakye, Gifty; Seshie, Bernard K (2022). "Observations by health care professionals about wound healing in Ghanaian patients who skin‐bleach." International Wound Journal 19(8): 2183-2190. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1742-4801 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1742-481X | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/175207 | |
dc.description.abstract | Skin-bleaching is a common practice globally and is associated with many cutaneous and systemic health risks. Anecdotally, skin-bleaching is linked to impairments in wound healing, but there are little data to support the claim. This cross-sectional survey of health care professionals serving the Greater Accra Region, Ghana region investigates their observations of wound healing in patients who skin-bleach and their methods for screening skin-bleach use in patients. A 25-item self-administered questionnaire using 5-point Likert scale was distributed with convenient sampling to physicians and nurses employed at Ghanaian hospitals. Fifty-seven electronic and 78 paper responses were collected (total�=�135). Most respondents agreed that wounds in skin-bleaching patients heal more slowly (4.22), are more prone to infection (4.11), haemorrhage (3.89), wound dehiscence (3.9), and are more difficult to manage (4.13). No respondent reported universal screening of all patients for skin-bleaching, but most ask about skin-bleaching if there is suspicion of it (42.2%). Our findings support the anecdotes about observable wound healing impairments in patients who skin-bleach. There is also wide variation in skin-bleaching screening practices, suggesting a need for guidelines to properly identify these patients and facilitate early risk prevention. | |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | |
dc.publisher | Wiley Periodicals, Inc. | |
dc.subject.other | mass screening | |
dc.subject.other | wound infection | |
dc.subject.other | wound healing | |
dc.subject.other | skin-lightening | |
dc.subject.other | skin-bleaching | |
dc.title | Observations by health care professionals about wound healing in Ghanaian patients who skin-bleach | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Medicine (General) | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175207/1/iwj13824_am.pdf | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175207/2/iwj13824.pdf | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175207/3/iwj13824-sup-0001-AppendixS1.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/iwj.13824 | |
dc.identifier.source | International Wound Journal | |
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