Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the participating patients (n = 367).
| Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 40 (10.9%) |
| Female | 327 (89.1%) |
| Age (years) | |
| 16–25 | 321 (87.4%) |
| 26–35 | 37 (10.1%) |
| 36–45 | 5 (1.4%) |
| ≥46 | 4 (1.1%) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 22 (6%) |
| Others† | 345 (94%) |
| Education level | |
| Low education‡ | 23 (6.2%) |
| High education | 344 (93.8%) |
| Occupation | |
| Unemployed | 17 (4.6%) |
| Student | 231 (63%) |
| Medical field | 98 (26.7%) |
| Nonmedical field | 21 (5.7%) |
| Daily dose of isotretinoin | |
| 10–20 mg | 313 (85.2%) |
| 20–40 mg | 50 (13.7%) |
| 40–60 mg | 4 (1.1%) |
| Period since starting the current isotretinoin course (months) | |
| Less than or equal to six | 203 (55.3%) |
| More than six | 164 (44.7%) |
†Single, separated, divorced, and widowed. ‡Low education: less than the university level.