Description of Facial Skin Damage Caused by Ultraviolet Radiation among Security and Cleaning Staff at the Faculty of Medicine, Muhammadiyah University of North Sumatra

Abstract

Abstract: Long-term exposure to sunlight can cause skin disorders, both chronic and chronic, due to UV rays. Acute disorders include sunburn, which is characterized by redness, itching, pain, and a warm feeling on the skin, as well as tanning which changes skin color to darker quickly. Chronic disorders, such as skin changes that become dry, rough, pigmentation, wrinkles, and even skin cancer. Understand the description of facial skin damage due to ultraviolet radiation to security and cleanliness officers at the Faculty of Medicine, Muhammadiyah University of North Sumatra. This is an observational descriptive-analytic cross-sectional study. Involving 32 security and cleaning officers. Objective examination uses a Glogau scale and subjective examination uses tools Skin analyzer . The collected data will be analyzed using Univariate tests and Binomial hypothesis tests. The majority of the subjects' facial skin types based on the Glogau scale were type 2, with 15 subjects (46.9%). The majority of research subjects were included in the normal water content and hydration level, 14 subjects (43.8%), the fine level, 32 subjects (100%), the pore level, some large, 32 subjects (100%), the wrinkled level, 32 subjects. (100%), the level of multiple stains was 32 subjects (100%). And the hypothesis test obtained a value p > 0.05. There is a picture of facial skin damage due to ultraviolet radiation to security and cleaning officers at the Faculty of Medicine, Muhammadiyah University of North Sumatra .