ST.

PATRICK SCHOOL OF QUEZON CITY

#43 General Avenue, GSIS Village, Project 8, Quezon City

Tercenio, Janneina Kathleen R. 11-Aranda

Mr. Dary E. Dacanay and Ms. Mae De Guzman February 3, 2020

Activity #3

Chapter 1: The Problem

“A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF ACNE ON

HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG STUDENTS .”

A. Introduction:

Acne is a skin disease involving the oil gland at the base of hair follicles. It commonly

occurs during puberty, but it can occur at any age. It is not dangerous but it can leave scars and

there’s a big possibility that it will make again an another acne. This study focuses on how the

students faces the problems of having a acne. We all know that some of the people, Appearance is

important in our society and it can influences the way in which we are perceived by others. Like

if you have a clear skin you can be an endorser to a skin care and there’s a lot of chances to those

people have a clear skin to be exposed on some of cameras. The skin is the most visible organ of

our body determines, our appearance with a wide function in social. Skin diseases have had a

negative impact on human beings, both in acceptance of their own image and in quality of life.
Having a acne on our generation is a big deal in others so there is many teenagers who suffered of

having it (Gustavo et al. 2014) Acne is a condition that can low your self esteem and because of

that there’s a possibility that they will ignore the opportunity of being into a such activities

/competition. There is a big impact to the students of having a acne it can affect on their daily life.

Teenagers nowadays physical appearance is important to them than to know the real behavior of a

person.

However, there’s a lot of treatment that they release to prevent / cure the acne but some of

this can’t help to lessen it because there’s a different type of a skin. So it’s depends on the

individual skin type if the skin care they use is going to be fine/cure their acne or it can be

dangerous on their skin.

The aim of the study is to know the impact of acne on health related quality of life among

students. This study is helpful to the students to understand the impact of acne among students.

C. Statement of the Problem:

The problem of the study is the impact of acne on health related quality of life among

students, how do students manage of having a acne? How can this affect on their lifestyle?

According to Dr Thomas, 2004 this article discusses the psychological effect of acne vulgaris. It

is shown that acne has significant effect on self – image and impacts quality of life. Anxiety and

depression and a reduction in social functioning are consequence of this condition. The purpose

of this phenomenological qualitative study will be to understand the impact of acne on health

related quality of life among students for students in St. Patrick school. The problem of the study

will be answered by the following questions:

1. What are the impact of acne on health related quality of life among students?
2. What are the effects on having a acne in their everyday life?

3. What are the importance of knowing the proper treatment of the acne?