본 연구는 여드름을 가지고 있는 중국인 20-30대를 대상으로 여드름에 대한 인식과 관리 방법을 비교 연구하고자 하였다. 설문지는 총 600부 배포하여 회수된 설문지 560부 중 27부를 제외한 533부를 최종분석에 사용하였다. 연구결과 연령에 따른 중국인의 여드름 발생원인 인식, 관리인식, 악화요인 인식 차이 분석 결과 ‘관리인식’ t=3.380, ‘악화요인 인식’ t=2.314로 나타나 연령에 따라 여드름에 대한 인식 차이가 있다는 것을 알 수 있었으며 30대보다 20대가 여드름에 대한 인식 정도가 더 높음을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구를 통해 중국인의 연령에 따른 여드름에 대한 인식과 관리 방법을 비교 분석함으로써 시대의 변화에 따른 여드름 관리 인식과 행태의 변화를 파악하고 한국인과 중국인의 여드름 인식에 대한 차이 비교, 추후 여드름 피부의 효과적인 관리 방법을 모색하기 위한 기초자료로 제공될 수 있을 것이라 사료된다.

The purpose of this study was to know the perception on acne for the college students to provide basic data for the suitable care of acne. Self-administrated questionnaires were completed by 641 college students. Dietary attitude, food habit, general perceptions on acne, knowledge level on acne, and relationship perception between special food and acne were analyzed. The results were as follows. 1. Self reported health status, smoking, obesity index were significantly different by experience of acne. 2. Dietary attitude and food habits were not significantly different by experience of acne. 3. Acne experienced subjects had acne on their face mostly and responded positively to specialized treatment. Proportions of getting the knowledge on acne were 40.6% from friends, 35.4% from magazine and 21.7% from TV or radio. 4. Proportions of correctly answered for the questions about pregnancy, hair cosmetics, oily food, male hormone, family history, constipation related with acne were less than 50% for acne experienced subjects. 92.5% of acne experienced subjects were answered eating chocolate, nut, and fat were related with breaking out and aggravating of acne. Perceptions on breaking out factors and aggravating factors of acne were not significantly different by gender. 5. More than 70% acne experienced subjects stated that instant foods, oily foods, meats, cookies, nuts were related with developing and aggravating acne. Soybean, Seaweed, fermented fish were recognized as less related with developing and aggravating acne.