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| Title |
Psychosocial impact of scars due to cutaneous leishmaniasis on high school students in Errachidia province, Morocco
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| Published in |
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, April 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40249-017-0267-5 |
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| Authors |
Issam Bennis, Séverine Thys, Hind Filali, Vincent De Brouwere, Hamid Sahibi, Marleen Boelaert |
| Abstract |
In Morocco, cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is usually known to be a slowly healing localized skin disease, but in some cases, it can lead to mutilating scars. The outbreak of CL due to Leishmania major in the Errachidia province in southeastern Morocco between 2008 and 2010 left many adolescents with permanent scar tissue on the face or other exposed body parts. We studied the psychosocial impact of CL on these young people. In 2015 we conducted a cross-sectional survey among high-school students living in boarding schools in two CL-endemic areas of Errachidia: Rissani and Tinejdad. A self-administered questionnaire elicited responses about general knowledge of CL and related scars. An open-ended question focused on the possible psychosocial effects associated with these scars. The quantitative data were analyzed with Epi Info™ and the text data with NVivo software. Almost 20% of 448 respondents reported they had experienced a CL lesion and 87% said it could possibly or definitely lead to psychological consequences. The text analysis showed that girls more often than boys expanded on the negative psychological effects of CL. The students considered CL as "dangerous", "serious", and "deathly", and said it sometimes led to extreme suicidal ideations. The burden of CL in this age group is not negligible. The indelible CL scars lead to self-stigma and social stigma, and the emergence of negative psychological effects in this age group. While some students accepted their CL scars and related suffering as their "destiny", others were eagerly demanding protective measures against CL and treatment for the scars. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 33% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 160 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 22 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 12% |
| Researcher | 18 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 7% |
| Other | 21 | 13% |
| Unknown | 57 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 18% |
| Psychology | 14 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 4% |
| Other | 31 | 19% |
| Unknown | 59 | 37% |