Evaluation of skin disease patterns in a tertiary dermatology outpatient clinic in Türkiye

Skin diseases are among the reasons for frequent hospital admissions and bring a significant burden. The aim of this study is to determine pattern skin in our dermatology outpatient clinic tertiary care Türkiye. Pediatric adult patients evaluated clinics first time were included cross-sectional observational designed between January March 2023. characteristics patients, including age, gender, duration disease, anatomic localization complaint counts, recorded data collection form. Diagnoses grouped according counts. A total 1381 with 1772 problems study. 62.3% female (n=860), 37.7% (n=521) male. age range was 0 98 years. most common acne (18%), dermatophytosis (8.1%), viral warts (6.5%), seborrheic dermatitis (4.8%), other follicular disorders (4.6%), pruritus (3.7%), scabies (3%), benign neoplasms urticaria respectively. 23.4% (n=324) had at least two complaints. maximum number complaints one visit 5. probability reporting more than higher women those whose on scalp. In analysis patterns diseases, acne, dermatophytosis, found be important problems. may vary gender localization.