Ibekwe Perpetua U, Bouazzi Dorra, Medianfar Cecilia E, Christensen Robin, Jemec Gregor B E
Dermatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria.
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria.
Dermatology. 2025 Jul 7:1-5. doi: 10.1159/000539443.
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is an inflammatory disorder that affects the apocrine gland-bearing regions. There is currently no population-based study of HS in Nigeria. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of HS in Abuja, Nigeria's federal capital territory.
This is a cross-sectional study of healthy adults accompanying patients to the outpatient clinics of the tertiary hospital in Abuja, utilizing the Global Hidradenitis Suppurativa Atlas (GHiSA) questionnaire as part of the GHiSA program.
The prevalence of HS in 898 participants was 3.3% (95% confidence interval (CI): 2.3%-4.7%). Participants with HS had a significantly higher body mass index than those without (p value of 0.038). One out of the 30 HS participants had a Hurley score of 2, while the rest had a Hurley score of 1. The majority of participants (49%) exhibited HS symptoms involving the axilla. The GHiSA questionnaire has a sensitivity rate of 93.8% (95% CI: 79.2%-97.3%) and a specificity rate of 93.8% (95% CI: 88.2%-97.3%).
The prevalence of HS in our study (3.3%) was higher than that seen in hospital records (0.47%). This demonstrates that most HS patients present to the dermatology outpatient clinics when the disease is severe.
化脓性汗腺炎（HS）是一种影响顶泌汗腺分布区域的炎症性疾病。目前在尼日利亚尚无基于人群的HS研究。本研究的目的是调查尼日利亚联邦首都地区阿布贾HS的患病率。
这是一项对陪同患者前往阿布贾三级医院门诊的健康成年人进行的横断面研究，采用全球化脓性汗腺炎地图集（GHiSA）问卷作为GHiSA项目的一部分。
898名参与者中HS的患病率为3.3%（95%置信区间（CI）：2.3%-4.7%）。患有HS的参与者的体重指数显著高于未患HS的参与者（p值为0.038）。30名HS参与者中有1人的Hurley评分为2分，其余人的Hurley评分为1分。大多数参与者（49%）表现出涉及腋窝的HS症状。GHiSA问卷的灵敏度为93.8%（95%CI：79.2%-97.3%），特异度为93.8%（95%CI：88.2%-97.3%）。
我们研究中HS的患病率（3.3%）高于医院记录中的患病率（0.47%）。这表明大多数HS患者在疾病严重时才到皮肤科门诊就诊。
